What does it feel like to be messed up and in love at the same time? Where to find meaning in a finished world? If I send you a cat picture, does it mean that I want you? The need for connection is like a hunger, it comes back again and again. Being with you feels like running red lights endlessly.

 

Photo book Blue Years depicts the heart-wrenching love story of two young adults in a postmodern, fragmented world. The book – composed of poems, short prose and photos shot mostly with a smart phone – is a lyrical depiction of non-commitment laced with black humor and melancholy.

 

Photographs & texts: Tekla Inari

English translations: Kasper Salonen

Book design: Tekla Inari & Jaakko Suomalainen

Font: freiheit, Jaakko Suomalainen

Color separations: Petri Kuokka

Publisher: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Kosmos, Helsinki, 2017

 

Recipient of the award for The Most Beautiful Books of the Year / Art Books by Finnish Book Art Committee in 2017.