Afterwords: 53 Years in Words and Images by Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Iris BookCafé and Gallery
September 25, 2024–February 28, 2025

Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen presents Afterwords, an exhibition of photographs with accompanying texts about their making. Over five decades ago, Minkkinen embarked on a personal quest to perfect a single concept: unmanipulated, nude self-portraits in communion and counterpoint with nature and urban settings. Minkkinen makes environmental portraits; however, his subject matter is always himself in dialogue with the environment.

Curator: William Messer, Independent Curator

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Afterwords Words: Curator’s Talk by William Messer

October 13, 2024
4:45pm – 6:30pm

Reception Talk

Curator William Messer will discuss the exhibition Afterwords: 50 Years in Words and Images by Arno Rafael Minkkinen, including his own nearly 40-year relationship with the artist. Guests can order food and drink and partake in a free vegetable platter during a brief reception prior to the curator’s talk.

Additional Information: There is a step at the front door over which a wheelchair can be lifted; otherwise the floor is flat. The large unisex restroom accommodates a wheelchair.

  • PV Iris Afterwords 03 IRIS FOSTERS MINKKINEN

    Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Fosters Island, Massachusetts, 2020. Black and white photograph, inkjet print with accompanying text, 16 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist

  • PV Iris Afterwords 01 IRIS MINKKINEN MULEY

    Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Collaborating with My Shadow, Muley Point, Utah, 2002. Black and white photograph, inkjet print with accompanying text, 16 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist

  • PV Iris Afterwords 02 IRIS MINKKINEN SAUN

    Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Saunderstown, Rhode Island, 1974. Black and white photograph, inkjet print with accompanying text, 16 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist

Venue Details

Iris BookCafé and Gallery
1331 Main St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 381-2665

Wed–Mon, 9am–5pm

Free to the Public

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