Seven decades through the camera lens – Pekka Lammela's exhibition at Galleria Monio

Photographer Pekka Lammela’s extensive exhibition Photographs 1954–2025 is on display at Galleria Monio from 26 August to 12 September 2025. The exhibition is open to the public during Monio’s normal opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Galleria Monio is located on the second floor of Kulttuuritalo Monio, at Pataljoonantie 6, Tuusula.

The exhibition features photographs from seven different decades, offering a diverse cross-section of Lammela’s work. The photographs feature landscapes from Tuusula and Central Uusimaa in particular, where the tranquillity of forests and waters blends with people’s everyday lives. In addition to nature and macro photographs, the exhibition also features various portraits.

Pekka Lammela’s journey with photography

Pekka Lammela’s interest in photography began in the 1950s at Mikkeli Lyceum, where he learned to develop film and take pictures in a darkroom. He bought his first camera, an Agfa rangefinder, in 1954.

From 1968 onwards, Lammela worked as a developer in the school photography sector in Finland until 1996, when he retired from his position as CEO of the company. Before moving to Tuusula in 2003, Pekka Lammela worked in Espoo.

Lammela has been active in camera clubs: he served as chairman of the Tapiola Camera Club from 1997 to 2000 and was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit by the Finnish Camera Club Association. He joined the Tuusula Photographers in 2003.

His works have been exhibited in several exhibitions in Tuusula, including at the Tuusula Main Library (Discoveries and Parallels in 2008, Poetic Images in 2010, One Image at a Time in 2012). Lammela’s photographs have also been seen abroad, for example in Hungary and Estonia, where his photographs were exhibited at the Kiek in de Kök fortification tower in Tallinn in 2012.

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