Light falls differently on flesh than it does on stone. Yet both hold memories. The body remembers like the Earth remembers- in layers, in textures, in the slow accumulation of time. 

Armageddon is a photobook that explores the connection between the human body and nature, merging the individual with the multitude of forms around us. The book has been shot over India, Sri Lanka and Finland. At its core, Armageddon reminds us that we already embody what we aspire to be – minuscule parts of a greater whole, mirroring the forms and textures that surround us. Capturing these forms challenges our constructs of reality and redefines what we perceive as ‘moments.’

To photograph the nude is to reveal. But what exactly are these revelations? Sartre spoke of being-in-itself versus being-for-itself, but these images suggest a third way: being-with-world. Our body carries our shame, glory, and terror of mortality. In a post-technological Eden,  can  we  express  that  state  where  bodies  become  one  with  their uncensored habitats? How comfortable might we be with our bodies if civilization were to end tomorrow?

Armageddon refuses traditional paradigms of nude art, suggesting a radical equivalence between all forms of natural existence. Age is not decay but accretion; imperfection is not flaw but variation. The diversity of bodies speaks of abundance, not hierarchy. It reads the signs written in body and stone alike. The body becomes not an object to be judged but a phenomenon to be witnessed. This helps us see ourselves as we truly are not masters of nature but processes of nature, mastering itself through us. 

In the current times, when questions of body, identity and environment intersect with unprecedented urgency, perhaps our greatest act of resistance is simply to be, unadorned and unafraid, in harmony with the world that shaped us. 

Soundscape: For Armageddon, Tuomas presents a 15-minute composition of slow, unfolding waves of sound—evoking a bodily stillness as the horizon holds its breath. The piece moves gently beneath the surface, not to be seen but to make seeing possible: a sound that enables a view.

Sound Design: Tuomas Lammi  

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Exhibition opening performance: Essi Mäkelä