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Photobook Feature: Gaze Studies by Kaisa Syrjänen, published by @utu.painaa Consisting of an avalanche of archival material, previously assembled into exhibitions, Gaze Studies brings together years of @kaisasyrjaenen ’s artistic research on the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty. You can discover Kaisa’s book in our photobook-dedicated section: phmuseum.com/photobooks #phmuseum #photobook #kaisasyrjanen #utupress

𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 by @kaisasyrjaenen brings together years of Syrjänen’s artistic research on beauty and appearance as social phenomena. The book consists of an avalanche of archival material, previously assembled into exhibitions, now offering a glimpse into Syrjänen’s background research. Through this somewhat chaotic collection, Syrjänen traces the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty. The nearly 300-page book combines Syrjänen’s own work with numerous archival sources. The texts in the book are in Finnish and English. Available in our online shop ➕ @hippolytegallery bookshop @rosebud_kirjakauppa @amoskonst bookshop @issp_shop @entropypress shop 34 € ■︎ Pages: 288 ■︎ Edition: 250 ■︎ FI & EN

YEZZZ ❗️❗️❗️ @valokuvamuseo and @hippolytegallery have granted the Finnish Photobook Award 2025 to @julianairenesmith ’s book 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬 💛💛💛 The winner was chosen by by @emma_bowkett , photography director at @ft_weekend , as well as a photography curator and assistant lecturer at the @lcclondon ✨ ”Taken from a sign on the wall of a karaoke bar, the title Good Feelings Every Day, perfectly prepares us for the journey ahead. This is a book that knows exactly what it is doing from the very first page. ... Good Feelings Every Day does not ask you to observe from a safe distance. It pulls you in, makes you sit uncomfortably, to laugh unexpectedly, and breathe differently. I found myself unable to look away, unable to put it down, wanting to carry it with me so that I too, might feel seen. It is a book of fully feeling.” – Emma Bowkett Read Bowkett’s words in full on the Photobook Award website 🌐 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵: 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬 Utu Press, 2025 112 pages 🟡 Handmade covers 200 copies 🟡 UTU 026

𝗛𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 / 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 📚Kaisa Syrjänen’s @kaisasyrjaenen Tutkimus kauneuden politiikasta / Gaze Studies is an extensive, multi-year inquiry into the politics of beauty and appearance as social phenomena. The book gathers an avalanche of archival material from earlier exhibitions, now offering a glimpse into Syrjänen’s background research in book form. Through this wast collection of images (the book is nearly 300 pages long), Syrjänen traces the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty. Perhaps fittingly, this extensive book is itself elegantly designed by @linneaari . It features, among other things, a folded dust jacket that doubles as a beauty-word index. Published by Utu Press @utu.painaa 🤝 Visit our bookshop (Yrjönkatu 8-10, Helsinki) and browse more titles online (link in bio). #photobook #bookshop #photographicart #photography #valokuvataiteilija #kirja #valokuvataide #hippolytebookshop

Utu Press at Bergen Art Book Fair 2026! 🔜 𝓕𝓻𝓲 10.4. ⏱️ 17 Presentation at @den_uferdige_institusjonen 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 ≈ 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 – 𝐔𝐭𝐮 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐅𝐈) 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 (17:30 ▶️ dinner together!) 𝓢𝓪𝓽 & 𝓢𝓾𝓷 11.–12.4. ⏱️ 11–17 Fair open at @bergenkunsthall Utu Press & 100+ other exhibitors in the fair! Fun, free and friendly ☀️ Check full (& wide) program 🛜 @bergenartbookfair / www.babf.no

Viikon päästä! One week to go! 🚙💨 @kaisasyrjaenen 👇 Tutkimus kauneuden politiikasta / Gaze Studies ✿ 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐊𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓 / 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇 ✿ ke / wed 8.4. ⏱️ 17–19 @hippolytegallery Bookshop, Helsinki ♨️ tervetuloa welcome bienvenue !!! ♨️ (𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚...) Joint launch with homies @henri.airo (@kultbooks ) and @sheungyiuphoto (@spectorbooks ) 💓 🅵🅸 𝑻𝒖𝒕𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂 kokoaa yhteen Kaisa Syrjäsen vuosien taiteellisen tutkimustyön, joka tarkastelee kauneutta ja ulkonäköä sosiaalisina ilmiöinä. Lähes 300-sivuinen kirja koostuu laajasta kuva- ja tekstimateriaalista, jossa sekoittuvat Syrjäsen oma tuotanto ja useat arkistolähteet. Kirjan tekstit ovat suomeksi ja englanniksi. 🅴🅽 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 brings together years of Kaisa Syrjänen’s artistic research on beauty and appearance as social phenomena. The nearly 300-page book combines Syrjänen’s own work with numerous archival sources. The texts in the book are in Finnish and English. Price: 34 € ■︎ Pages: 288 ■︎ Edition: 250 ■︎ Language: FI & EN ■︎ Page size: 23,5 x 30 cm ■︎ Graphic Design: @linneaari ■︎ Printing: Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda

Helsinki 🧚 Welcome to Hippolyte Bookshop to celebrate the launch of three new photography books, featuring new titles by Kaisa Syrjänen (Utu Press), Henri Airo (Kult Books), and Sheung Yiu & Megan Williams (Spector Books + C/O Berlin)! All three approach photography from an investigative perspective, weaving together archival images and newly created material across multiple overlapping timelines and narrative layers. 𝗪𝗘𝗗 / 𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟴 / 𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟵 Hippolyte Bookshop Yrjönkatu 8–10, Helsinki ❤︎ welcome ❤︎ Kaisa Syrjänen: 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 【ᴛᴜᴛᴋɪᴍᴜꜱ ᴋᴀᴜɴᴇᴜᴅᴇɴ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪɪᴋᴀꜱᴛᴀ】 Utu Press, Helsinki, 2026 288 pages / ISBN 9789527663011 @kaisasyrjaenen Henri Airo: 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 【Ｔｏｄｅｎｎäｋöｉｓｉｎ ｓｙｉｎ】 Kult Books, Stockholm, 2026 196 pages / ISBN 9789198760798 @henri.airo Sheung Yiu & Megan Williams: (𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓)𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Spector Books, Leipzig & C/O Berlin, 2026 640 pages / ISBN 9783959059756 @sheungyiuphoto @himeganwilliams Hippolyte Bookshop offers the widest selection of photography art books in the country. Welcome to explore! ☀️

Proud to share that @julianairenesmith ’s 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 is a finalist for the Finnish Photobook Award 2025 ❤️‍🔥 In good company alongside fellow finalists @ullamaijaalanen & @apartofawhole 💛 Words from the jury ( @miskavaara + @sakaritervo ) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ”The pages teem with images from the artist’s childhood and youth, interwoven with mundane pictures of her own children and partner. Layers of time mingle without any clear hierarchy, and the reader inevitably begins to wonder what things recur across generations. Yet the work’s apparent playfulness never remains superficial. It creates just enough distance for the reader to confront a painful subject. Personal trauma becomes part of a universal everydayness, where the boundaries between joy and sorrow are porous. The visual lightness is disrupted by plainspoken sentences and single words, reminding us that a stain can emerge just as easily from joy as from pain.” Thank you to @valokuvamuseo and VTL for this recognition 📒 The winner will be chosen by @emma_bowkett ♨️ photography director at @ft_weekend Magazine ♨️ and announced on 23 April at @hippolytegallery HKI 🤞🤞🤞

𝒩𝐸𝒲 𝐵𝒪𝒪𝒦 💄 Kaisa Syrjänen: 𝑻𝒖𝒕𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂 / 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 Julkkarit / Book launch @hippolytegallery Bookshop, Helsinki Ke / Wed 8.4. ⏰ 17–19 Lämpimästi tervetuloa! / Warm welcome! ☀️ 🅵🅸 𝑻𝒖𝒕𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂 kokoaa yhteen Kaisa Syrjäsen vuosien taiteellisen tutkimustyön, joka tarkastelee kauneutta ja ulkonäköä sosiaalisina ilmiöinä. Kirja on vyöryvä arkisto aineistosta, joka on aiemmin koottu useiksi näyttelyiksi, mutta joka nyt avaa näkymän taiteilijan taustatyöhön. Paikoin kaoottisenkin kokoelman avulla Syrjänen on pyrkinyt hahmottamaan länsimaisen naiskauneuden vaatimuksia, historiaa ja läsnäoloa nykyhetkessä. Lähes 300-sivuinen kirja koostuu laajasta kuva- ja tekstimateriaalista, jossa sekoittuvat Syrjäsen oma tuotanto ja useat arkistolähteet. Kirjan tekstit ovat suomeksi ja englanniksi. 🅴🅽 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 brings together years of Kaisa Syrjänen’s artistic research on beauty and appearance as social phenomena. The book consists of an avalanche of archival material, previously assembled into exhibitions, now offering a glimpse into Syrjänen’s background research. Through this somewhat chaotic collection, Syrjänen traces the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty. The nearly 300-page book combines Syrjänen’s own work with numerous archival sources. The texts in the book are in Finnish and English. Now available in our online store / shipping begins in April 📮🏌️ Price: 34 € ■︎ Pages: 288 ■︎ Edition: 250 ■︎ Language: FI & EN ■︎ Page size: 23,5 x 30 cm ■︎ Graphic Design: @linneaari ■︎ Printing: Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda ISBN 978-952-7663-01-1 ■︎ UTU 028

UTU 026 ⏩️ Juliana Irene Smith: Good Feelings Every Day 112 pages 🟡 Handmade covers 🟡 Wire-O 🟡 Size: 19,5 x 27 cm 🟡 200 copies 🟡 24 € 🟡 2025 A tender and fierce exploration of daily life, memory, and survival 〰️ moving forward. @julianairenesmith reflects on family and trauma, without forgetting humor and hope. Smith is a California-born, half Iranian artist who has been living and working in Finland for nearly a decade. The book consists of Smith’s photographs, drawings, and works on textiles, as well as texts written by Arvid van der Rijt, Sanna Lehtinen, and Saara Mahbouba. available at ⬇️ @hippolytegallery bookshop @rosebud_kirjakauppa @amosrexshop @ometeoritis + www.utupress.fi 🛜

thank you 2025 🖤 thank you to all the artists, organizations, organizers, freelance art workers, human beings, doggos, aliens, and strangers (who became friends) we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year ⚒️🛴📚 thank you to everyone who supported and bought our books/booklets/zines + many thanks as well to the Niilo Helander Foundation and @taikegram for making our practice possible ♨️ see you next year! more info on 2K26 publications and events TBA soon/ish 🏃‍♀️💨 !!! 🕊️🕊️🕊️ !!!