Kevät, 2003 Analogue photograph.
Kosketus, 2019 Analogue photograph.
Syyspisarat, 2016 Analogue photograph.
Pionipolku, 2015 Analogue photograph.
Kukkamaalla, 1999 Analogue photograph.
Sormustinkukka, 2000 Analogue photograph.
Suruvaippa, 2002 Analogue photograph.
Pisarat, 2003 Analogue photograph.
Valkoiset kellokukat, 2019 Analogue photograph.
Kohtaaminen, 2004 Analogue photograph.
Sisarukset,2005 Analogue photograph.
Tammen alla, 2025 Analogue photograph.
Punaherukkahelmet, 2000 Analogue photograph.
Koristekaali, 1998 Analogue photograph.
Tammen kämmen, 2025 Analogue photograph.
Lipilintuja, 2017 Analogue photograph.
Pitsikukkia, 2019 Analogue photograph.
Lumi ja pionin terälehti, 2003 Analogue photograph.
Pionipeti, 2010 Analogue photograph.
Raparperinlehdet, 2004 Analogue photograph.
Omenapuun sylissä, 2009 Analogue photograph.
Maiju ja Lenni, 2004 Analogue photograph.
Linnunmunat, 2003 Analogue photograph.
Syysnuotio, 2021 Analogue photograph.
Idänunikot polulla, 2008 Analogue photograph.
Harjaneilikat, 2005 Analogue photograph.
Apilataivas, 2005 Analogue photograph.
Kaksi lasta II, 2005 Analogue photograph.
Maariankello ja kiitäjät, 2005 Analogue photograph.
Isoisän kanssa, 2004 Analogue photograph.
Halaus, 2020 Analogue photograph.
Lenni, 2005 Analogue photograph.
Punarinta, 2014 Analogue photograph.
”The Secret World of Nature”
We, and the uncontrollable nature, are part of the circle of life, in which growth and decay coexist. Tuomi has photographed the lives of her family for 30 years; as her children grew into adulthood and as her parents journeyed towards old age.
As a photographer and a gardener, she wishes to portray how the garden offers humans a space to nurture nature, and ourselves, through its seasons and growth. Tuomi tends to her mother’s old gardens in Finland, where colourful flowers bloom, berries ripen and plants wither.
When she started to take portraits in their family garden, Tuomi was interested in what was happening to the environment, and how the climate crisis is changing our way of living and relationship with nature. Tuomi believes that when we garden, we plant seeds of connection, and that through our gardens, we can build spaces where different species can thrive, humans alongside them, creating bonds that are necessary for life.