I'm working on black&white portraiture project at the moment which is called "Velociraptor Box". 
In this series I'm searching the lost connection between the human and the nature, which begun, when I moved away from the countryside long time ago and felt a loss of identity in a same time. The name "Velociraptor Box" is referring to the old box I had on my childhood, where I stored important things for me, which were mostly little objects like rocks, leaves etc. found from the nature.  After moving to the city I was facing a change and was in a search of an identity, which was so far much defined by the nature around me.  With these questions in my mind I started to place people to the so called "in between spaces" which I felt was representing my feeling of being away from the nature. Next to the portraits I took of the people I wanted to take portraits of the nature itself too and see, what kind of a connection they start to have.  

I'm photographing with my old film camera which uses 4x5 sheet film and allows me to work slowly and thoughtfully. There's something very melancholic in my pictures, the atmosphere feels longing to some other time and place and this feeling haunts me but in a same time forces me to continue this project.

You can see my work at www.hannarosti.com - from on going projects you can find "Velociraptor box" serie.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to ask more information!

Thank you! 

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