Tiina itkonen biography of williams

Tiina Itkonen’s quest in 1995 to photograph the northern most inhabited place on Earth ended up landing her in the small Inuit village of Siorapaluk, Greenland. This remote, polar, largely forgotten cluster of small wooden houses, unbeknownst to her at the time, would grow into her lifelong work. What began as an adventure for a twenty-seven-year-old woman traveling alone, grew to become a photographic historiography of the direct effects of Global Warming. Itkonen’s travels have brought her back periodically to the same place for the past three decades. Her photographs record not only the environmental changes to that region of the world, but also how those changes impact the human factor sociologically and emotionally. Her work systematically documents how climate change has altered a traditional way of living, from a hunting society into a new uncertain reality. As the sea ice disappears so do the indigenous peoples whose monetary income is derived from its natural bounties.

Stories of Hope and Decline: Tiina Itkonen

Tiina Itkonen lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

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Biographical information: Tiina Itkonen is an Assistant Professor of Education at California State University Channel Islands.

Inughuit 1995–2002 - Tiina Itkonen

Tiina Itkonen is an Assistant Professor of Education at California State University Williams & Williams, 1995).