Explaining “Real” in Landscape Photography

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Re-charging the IMAGinationAs artists and educators, we continually find ways to energize and invigorate our practice. Now, as we strive to make sense of unprecedented global events that have uprooted our routines we are at new beginnings compelled to again witness the power of art to bring us hope, joy, and meaning. In this issue we present visual essays that have demonstrated novel and innovative ways that artists, educators, and community members recharge as an active commitment to revitalize the imagination and sense of wonder. These essays illuminate how visual language and aesthetic experience brings optimism and resilience into the creative process. By exploring the unexplored they refresh the imagination of self, learners, and community members.As newly appointed co-editors we are also at new beginnings exploring the unexplored and honored to present this, our first issue. We are grateful to Teresa Eca who pioneered and edited IMAG through these past seven years and to graphic designer Angela Saldanha for her keen dedication and vision. We hope to follow their path to Re-charge Imaginations for our readers through many upcoming IMAG issues.

Relate North: Possible Futures

“…These photographs are in dialogue with scientific research based on literature and other artists' work. Already, the categories of subjective, extended, and physical reality have been touched upon in one article (Isomursu, 2021), but they, as well as other categories, will be studied further in the future. 5 and 6 Figure 5 from top left: Kari Vattulainen, Juhani Häggman, Harri Kiljander, Liisa Vihelä, Johanna Pihlajamaa, Tuula Välimäki, Kimmo Hurri, Miika Kinnunen, Timo Koivumäki, Sari Karhu, Markku Välitalo, Tuija Salo, Heli Nukki, Johanna Pietiläinen, Kalevi Koskela, Nina Kilpinen, Jouni Hakonen, Marja-Liisa Kivistö, Johanna Puska, Jouni Mertanen, Johanna Vaurio-Teräväinen, Christa Lundgren, Tuula Tikkanen, Henna Rajala, Tiina Hämäläinen, Matti Autio, Vesa Rönty, Petri Hakosalo, Anne Seppälä, Heikki-Veikko Lämsä, Tarja Kaltiomaa, Johanna Kiviniemi, Kari Vienonen, Pia Simonen, Jouni Haurinen, Veijo Rio.…”