© Svante Gullichsen. Courtesy of Helphoto Gallery
“Murky, who knows how deep, ice cold swamp lake is a horrible place to swim in, but it’s nothing compared to the murkiness that lurks in the fear center of my brain. So I descend into the water and for a while the horrificness get’s realized in the real world and suddenly I feel better.”
Svante Gullichsen is a Helsinki-based photographer. Svante’s works are mostly self-portraits taking place in archipelagic and rough natural environments. His style varies from strong Nordic and mystical atmospheres to warm and insightful expeditions. At the very core, Gullichsen’s work is presenting mental health issues through the relation between human and nature as well as the fundamental relation between darkness and light. Svante’s first solo exhibition “Hangin on” with works he made from 2016-2020 were displayed at the beginning of the year 2021 in Tampere’s Photographic center Nykyaika and he received a lot of positive attention in the media in Finland.