On assignment in Maine: Finnish-American photojournalist’s photos featured – The Ellsworth American

SEARSPORT — Mid-Twentieth century photojournalist Kosti Ruohomaa is the main target of the Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2022 exhibit, opening Might 27 and operating via Oct. 16. “Kosti Ruohomaa: The Maine Assignments” will function the Finnish-American photographer’s work recording Maine scenes.

Kosti Ruohomaa grew up in Rockland. He was a first-generation Finnish-American immigrant and a gifted artist who died younger. Although his skilled work spanned simply over 20 years, he documented a important time in American tradition by photographing through the World Struggle II years. Throughout his profession, his pictures discovered their method into a few of the period’s extra seen publications, notably Life, Look and Nationwide Geographic. The affinity he felt with individuals and locations reveals in his images, and it helped him seize the numerous folkways of an America that was altering quickly, significantly the fading world of rural outdated New England.

Targeted on his Maine-based photographic assignments, the exhibit explores the ways in which Mainers lived, celebrated, made their livings, recreated and communicated. Whereas most of the photographer’s most iconic photographs stand on their very own, he approached his assignments with a photograph essay in thoughts, telling the story via a collection of images. This exhibit embraces that strategy and presents his assignments via the attention of {a magazine} editor. It permits a deeper take a look at his work and method and helps viewers acquire extra perception into the person and his images.

“Kosti Ruohomaa: The Maine Assignments” has been funded partly by beneficiant help from lead sponsor L.L. Bean and by Camden Nationwide Wealth Administration and Allen Insurance coverage and Monetary.

The Penobscot Marine Museum brings Maine’s maritime historical past to life on a campus of gorgeous historic buildings within the seacoast city of Searsport. Reveals all through the campus inform distinctive tales of ship captains and their households, the industries of Penobscot Bay, world maritime commerce and right this moment’s fisheries. Along with displays, the museum has over 300,000 historic images, an intensive assortment of maritime artifacts and archives, and a maritime historical past analysis library. To study extra, go to penobscotmarinemuseum.org.