Esko Männikkö – Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008

Esko Männikkö is a fininsh photographer who won the important Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008. The finalists of this prize were exhibited at the c/o galerie in Berlin this summer, and I liked the way Mr. Männikkö presented his work very much (see some snapshots of the exhibition below). He uses different kinds of wooden frames, different sizes, older ones and newer ones… It’s really inspiring to see photographs presented in such an unconventional way, not alu-dibond or diasec / plexi how you see it all the time these days (not that I don’t like these materials, but sometimes they just don’t fit!).

Esko Männikkö has also published some really beautiful books, available e.g. @ www.schaden.com

See more at his gallery’s website Nordenhake .

More examples of his framing here .