Description

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In her series Removals, Finnish photographer Maija Tammi looks at the most common diseases by showing their raw evidence just a few minutes after operations. A removed gallstone, a goiter in a kidney bowl, looking like rare gems. "People find them really visually pleasing when they don't know what's in the photo," Tammi says, "They sometimes change their mind when they find out."

In Leftover, "portraits" of used radiation therapy masks, collected from hospitals, deal with the fear of sickness; both defined and undefined.

The intriguingly designed double book Leftover / Removals combines both series into a parallel story.

About the Author

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Maija Tammi (b. 1985) is a Finnish photographer and artist. In 2011 she won both the Finnish Fotofinlandia and Photojournalist of the Year 2010 awards. Her works have been acclaimed and exhibited in Finland, France, Spain, and the USA. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis Sick Photography at the Aalto University's Doctoral Programme in Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki. She is a member of a Finnish photography collective 11.