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  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • NANNING, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Children play at the city's largest landfill site as their parents look for recyclable items to sell on January 17, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Some children often help their parents make a living from the landfill site.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Children_play_In_chinas...jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
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A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
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Photo shows: Matching pyjamas for a childhood birthday at home<br />
©Wilma Hurskainen /exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On11.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
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Photo shows: The Hurskainen sisters recreate a photo from a childhood boat trip - but this time without the complementary sailor dresses
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On05.jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
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When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Their proud grandfather looks on in this 1980s shot, but 20 years later the photo becomes sad as the girls leave a space fo
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On13.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: There's not as much room on their parents' sofa as there used to be, but dad joins in the fun by donning a similar pair of
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On12.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: It wasn't easy to recreate every shot exactly: the elephants at Skansen Zoo in Stockholm had died of tuberculosis in the ei
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  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: At Castle Olavinlinna in their home country of Finland, the girls went for practical jumpers and trainers for exploring the
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On06.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows:In Kuopio market square, eastern Finland, the little girls squint into the sunlight. Now back in the same spot, they're tall
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On04.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Having to crane their necks, the sisters have outgrown the cabin<br />
©Wilma Hurskainen /exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On03.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Their parents still live in the same house as they did when they were young children, so locating the bath to take this sna
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On02.jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • THE MAGIC OF WINTERTIME IN FINNISH LAPLAND<br />
<br />
When she was a little girl, photographer Tiina Törmänen built castles out of snow. She spent her childhood in Finland’s Southern Lapland, surrounded by lakes and forests, and each winter, she dug tunnels, doorways, and rooms, illuminated by flickering candlelight. She sang songs to her beloved dog Nappi on dark nights.<br />
<br />
Törmänen was a child of nature; she played with the dogs more than she did other children. She picked wild berries and mushrooms while her family fished and hunted and grew their own vegetables.<br />
<br />
After an Edenic childhood, the artist moved to Helsinki at sixteen. She survived an abusive relationship, one that she feels robbed her of her teenage years, a time that should have been happy but was instead plagued by fear.<br />
<br />
After fifteen years away, the artist made the choice to return home to the North of Finland. She associates the city in some ways with the “dark times,” while in the countryside, home of the aurora borealis, she was able to find solace and comfort.<br />
<br />
When asked if her homecoming has helped to heal old wounds, the photographer suggests something a little more complicated. It takes time, and she’s learning how to cope with the past, not to erase it. Every hardship, she says, has made her strong, and it’s made her cherish the beautiful things in a world filled with ugliness. Most of all, she’s forgiven herself.<br />
<br />
“I have seen a lot shit in my life,” the artist writes, “and after recovering from all that darkness, I’d rather share beauty.”<br />
<br />
Winter is still her favorite season. When the snow falls, she bundles up and wanders into the unknown terrain. She met another dog who became her friend like Nappi. His name was Joppe, and until his passing at the age of fourteen, he spent many days exploring the frozen landscape by her side.<br />
<br />
In a way, after so many years, Törmänen has returned to her snow castle; only this time, it stretches out for miles.<br />
©Tiina Törmänen/Exclusi
    ExPix_Stunning_Northern_lights_lapla...jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Outside the Swedish Royal Palace on Drottningholm, Stockholm County, the Finnish siblings have grown but the poses stay the
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On10.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
Photo shows:The background has changed a bit but these grown-up Finnish sisters can match their eighties facial expressions to near-perfe
    Exclusivepix_Photos_20_years_On09.jpg
  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
<br />
Photo shows:The girls looked sharp in the eighties with matching pencil jumpers and pastel trousers and update the look with toucan-prin
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  • In the bath tub and on the ski slope: Photographer recreates a host of childhood holiday snaps 20 years on with her sisters<br />
<br />
A Finnish photographer set out to recreate childhood holiday pictures taken by her father 20 years ago with amusing and touching results.<br />
Wilma Hurskainen rounded up her three younger sisters and set off for the destinations they visited with their parents - and this time she directed the shots herself.<br />
The four siblings did their best to mimic the original images, which were taken between 1986 and 1990. They struck the same poses and imitated their facial expressions, acknowledging the difficulty encountered in family photos when everyone needs to look at the camera at the same time.<br />
They even tried to pay homage to their '80s fashions by wearing the same colours and styles of outfit - sporting matching tops or hoodies in different colours.<br />
In the series, titled 'Growth', Hurskainen snapped the scenes as closely as she could to her dad's efforts, to give a glimpse of how much the sisters have physically grown over the past 20 years.<br />
The matching sailor dresses might now be a thing of the past, but the siblings effortlessly slip into their younger roles - and now they are even taller than their mother.<br />
<br />
In one particularly poignant shot, the grown-up sisters pose on a sofa but cannot fully recreate the shot as their grandfather has since died.<br />
Hurskainen wrote on her website that she would love to get her sisters together again for a new set of the photos as they get older.<br />
The photographer told the My Modern Metropolis website: 'The most important thing is that in the end my sisters were pleased with the whole thing.<br />
'It was sometimes a little hard finding the places of the original photos, finding the proper clothing and dealing with the emotions that emerged because of the process of digging up the past.'<br />
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Photo shows: It looks as if the sisters split into blue and pink teams for this photo next to the Havis Amanda nude mermaid statue in He
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  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails2.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails4.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails7.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails8.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails1.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails3.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails5.jpg
  • Matching wetsuits, portable toilets and pained expressions: The WORST family holiday fails captured on camera revealed<br />
<br />
Individuals can upload hilarious images to Awkward Family Photos website<br />
<br />
Site began in 2009 and now receives millions of views each month<br />
Best travel photos prove souvenir snaps can be a cause of embarrassment<br />
<br />
<br />
Family holidays are a time for making wonderful memories together.<br />
<br />
But often, the souvenir snaps you take home with you can be a cause for embarrassment years down the road.<br />
<br />
Whether it is a child caught mid-tantrum or retro resort-wear, every family will usually have some vacation moments they'd rather forget. <br />
<br />
These families aren't hiding their cringe-worthy photos away in the album though - they are proudly uploading them to the website Awkward Family Photos to share their cherished memories with the world. <br />
<br />
According to the US-based website, Awkward Family Photos is all about 'celebrating the family experience and shining a light on all of those deliciously awkward moments that come with the price of family membership.'<br />
<br />
The blog was started back in 2009 by childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, who were struck by the idea after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents' house.<br />
<br />
He quickly realised there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own hilariously unfortunate family images, so the pair decided to create a friendly space where everyone could come together to share those uncomfortable moments.<br />
<br />
Though the site initially started with just a few snaps of Doug and Mike's own childhood photos, the premise quickly took off.<br />
<br />
In 2010, the first official Awkward Family Photos book was released and today, the site receives millions of hits and thousands of submissions from around the world.  <br />
©Awkward Family Photos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_family_holiday_fails6.jpg
  • Washington, D.C, U.S - <br />
<br />
'Unaccompanied’ - Children On The Border<br />
<br />
A new surge of unaccompanied children from Central American countries is expected at the U.S. southern border, as officials ask Congress for more money to handle them. Customs and Border Protection estimated 75,000 children may arrive at the ports of entry before the end of the current fiscal year. Already, the number of minors arriving at the border is growing, with 20,000 apprehended at the border in the first five months of the federal fiscal year - double the number from a year earlier. <br />
<br />
'Unaccompanied' is a visual story of youth immigrants who were among the thousands of children seeking refuge from the violence of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Following Obama's statement announcing a humanitarian crisis on the border in summer 2014, these youth captured the national spotlight. Countless articles related sensationalized stories of tragic and violent journeys. Noticeably absent from the discourse were the voices and stories of the youth themselves. What circumstances drove the children to seek refuge on US soil? What challenges do they face adapting to a new life in a foreign land? ’Unaccompanied' provides these youth a platform to directly share their personal stories with the public, free from the bias of a political agenda, and elevate their individual and collective challenges. Unaccompanied child immigrants represent an entanglement of issues in both the countries they hail from and to. This project seeks to demonstrate the realities that youth immigrants face: the doubts, aspirations, complexity and humanity of their experience.<br />
<br />
<br />
What I brought from my trip. DAISY grew up in a farming town in the Guerrero state of Mexico. When she was 10, she was the victim of an assault. 'That night changed everything about my life and my childhood. My mother told me that it was a nightmare, but what happened to me wasn't a nightmare.' The assailant was never identified. Daisy received little
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  • Washington, D.C, U.S - <br />
<br />
'Unaccompanied’ - Children On The Border<br />
<br />
A new surge of unaccompanied children from Central American countries is expected at the U.S. southern border, as officials ask Congress for more money to handle them. Customs and Border Protection estimated 75,000 children may arrive at the ports of entry before the end of the current fiscal year. Already, the number of minors arriving at the border is growing, with 20,000 apprehended at the border in the first five months of the federal fiscal year - double the number from a year earlier. <br />
<br />
'Unaccompanied' is a visual story of youth immigrants who were among the thousands of children seeking refuge from the violence of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Following Obama's statement announcing a humanitarian crisis on the border in summer 2014, these youth captured the national spotlight. Countless articles related sensationalized stories of tragic and violent journeys. Noticeably absent from the discourse were the voices and stories of the youth themselves. What circumstances drove the children to seek refuge on US soil? What challenges do they face adapting to a new life in a foreign land? ’Unaccompanied' provides these youth a platform to directly share their personal stories with the public, free from the bias of a political agenda, and elevate their individual and collective challenges. Unaccompanied child immigrants represent an entanglement of issues in both the countries they hail from and to. This project seeks to demonstrate the realities that youth immigrants face: the doubts, aspirations, complexity and humanity of their experience.<br />
<br />
<br />
DAISY grew up in a farming town in the Guerrero state of Mexico. When she was 10, she was the victim of an assault. 'That night changed everything about my life and my childhood. My mother told me that it was a nightmare, but what happened to me wasn't a nightmare.' The assailant was never identified. Daisy received little to no support following the t
    Exclusivepix_Children_On_The_Border0...jpg
  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Fernando_Alonso8.jpg
  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Fernando_Alonso9.jpg
  • Sept. 2, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - <br />
<br />
 Madrid....F1 driver Fernando Alonso and the 'Uno Entre Cien Mil' foundation present the Viceroy bracelet against childhood leukemia on September 2, 2014 in Madrid, Spain <br />
©ZP/Exclusivepix
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
Hitler's Alpine Headquarters<br />
rare images from Hitlers hide out in Austria, these images where produced by theNazis to try and show what a nice chap he was!<br />
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Photo shows: Our Führer at Hintersee with Göring, Brückner and his sister.<br />
This photograph shows Hitler and his entourage on yet another visit to the Hintersee. Hitler is accompanied by Göring (centre) and his adjutant Wilhelm Brückner, who is almost completely hidden by the lady on the left. However, what is unique and quite remarkable about this particular image is the fact that this lady is Adolf Hitler’s sister, Paula. As previously mentioned, Paula Hitler, at her brother’s request, adopted the family name Wolf to avoid any unnecessary public attention. It has been said that Hitler was somewhat distant and aloof in his relationships with close family members. This single and quite unique image certainly challenges that argument in so far as his relationship with his only surviving full sibling is concerned. Paula, the last child of Alois and Klara Hitler was born on 21 January 1896. She described her childhood relationship with her brother as a mixture of almost continuous bickering and great affection. Paula stated that ‘Adi’, as he was known to the family, constantly challenged his father’s wishes; that this led to harshness with Adolf being beaten almost daily.<br />
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©ExclusivepixiMedia/Hitler's Alpine Headquarters by James Wilson is published by Pen and Sword Books
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  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
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He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
<br />
He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Expix_Hugh_miniature_castle_Built_by...jpg
  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
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As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
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He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
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This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
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Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
<br />
He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Expix_Hugh_miniature_castle_Built_by...jpg
  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
<br />
He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Expix_Hugh_miniature_castle_Built_by...jpg
  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
<br />
He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Expix_Hugh_miniature_castle_Built_by...jpg
  • VIDEO AVAILABLE - JAPAN OUT<br />
Huge miniature castle built by ONE MAN<br />
<br />
In Mie Precture, Japan, stands a 1/23 sized Miniature Himeji Castle. As many castle fans know the real Himeji Castle is known as a World Heritage Site and National Treasure. “The Lord of the Castle” as we call him, Hiroyasu Imura (78 years old), says he built a small replica of Himeji Castle when he was in 8th grade, and that memory stuck with him, leading him to make a bigger castle as an adult. He remembered his childhood dream when his wife gave him a book about Himeji Castle for his 47th birthday. Then, he started studying architecture at the library and visited the real Himeji Castle many times. In 1989, he finally started construction on his own Himeji Castle.<br />
<br />
As he studied, he learned how to use concrete, bolts, nuts, fiber reinforced plastics(FRP), and other materials necessary to build a high quality replica. Throughout the process he worked hard to realize the smallest of details so as to make it as close to the real thing as possible. Not only are the proportions completely accurate, but even the number of stairs are exactly the same as the real castle. He even went above and beyond to replicate the trees and moss around the castle, adding samurai and animal dolls as well, in order to create a life-like atmosphere. Mrs. Imura took a pottery lesson to make the dolls.<br />
<br />
He finished the castle in March, 2007. It cost him 18 million yen and took 19 years in all to build.<br />
<br />
This castle, built by the romanticism of one man, still amazes and enchants onlookers years after its creation.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Expix_Hugh_miniature_castle_Built_by...jpg
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Best friends Hannah Binyon and Storm Wilson have a lot to be thankful not least their solid friendship born out of devastating illness.<br />
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The ten-year-olds have battled back from frightening sickness which threatened both of their young lives. As a result, the classmates have formed such a close bond they help each other through day to day life. And to show the world their fighting spirit, young Storm has had 2ft 6ins of her long locks chopped off – her first ever hair cut - to support the charity which helped her best friend.<br />
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Hannah’s mum Gemma, from Rayleigh, Essex, said: “What Storm has done for their friendship is a huge deal. We’re totally overwhelmed that she would do that. Storm just kept saying ‘wow’ when she heard what her friend was doing for her. What a lovely thing to do.<br />
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“Hannah wore a wig occasionally when she lost her hair through chemo and Storm knows that. What an amazing little girl.”<br />
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Back in 2010, a five-year-old Hannah was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer found in the nerve cells. By the time her mystery illness was diagnosed, she had to be placed into a coma to give medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital time to act. Her parents were told there was a 10% chance of her beating it.<br />
<br />
Gemma said: “She had been poorly for six months, crying every night saying her legs hurt. She lost lots of weight and, to me, she looked like she was dying, but the doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. She stopped eating, stopped playing and stopped being happy. That Christmas, she didn’t even want to open her presents. When she collapsed at school, we rushed her to A&E and insisted on answers. Within an hour of being taken to GOSH, she had been diagnosed.<br />
<br />
“By then, she was almost paralysed as she was riddled with cancer.”<br />
<br />
After a year of treatment, Hannah has been left with a dormant tumour on her spine and nerve damage to her feet giving her mobility problems.<br />
<br />
Her mum said: “I was worrie
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
<br />
Best friends Hannah Binyon and Storm Wilson have a lot to be thankful not least their solid friendship born out of devastating illness.<br />
<br />
The ten-year-olds have battled back from frightening sickness which threatened both of their young lives. As a result, the classmates have formed such a close bond they help each other through day to day life. And to show the world their fighting spirit, young Storm has had 2ft 6ins of her long locks chopped off – her first ever hair cut - to support the charity which helped her best friend.<br />
<br />
Hannah’s mum Gemma, from Rayleigh, Essex, said: “What Storm has done for their friendship is a huge deal. We’re totally overwhelmed that she would do that. Storm just kept saying ‘wow’ when she heard what her friend was doing for her. What a lovely thing to do.<br />
<br />
“Hannah wore a wig occasionally when she lost her hair through chemo and Storm knows that. What an amazing little girl.”<br />
<br />
Back in 2010, a five-year-old Hannah was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer found in the nerve cells. By the time her mystery illness was diagnosed, she had to be placed into a coma to give medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital time to act. Her parents were told there was a 10% chance of her beating it.<br />
<br />
Gemma said: “She had been poorly for six months, crying every night saying her legs hurt. She lost lots of weight and, to me, she looked like she was dying, but the doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. She stopped eating, stopped playing and stopped being happy. That Christmas, she didn’t even want to open her presents. When she collapsed at school, we rushed her to A&E and insisted on answers. Within an hour of being taken to GOSH, she had been diagnosed.<br />
<br />
“By then, she was almost paralysed as she was riddled with cancer.”<br />
<br />
After a year of treatment, Hannah has been left with a dormant tumour on her spine and nerve damage to her feet giving her mobility problems.<br />
<br />
Her mum said: “I was worrie
    Exclusivepix_Hair_Cancer_Friends18.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
<br />
Best friends Hannah Binyon and Storm Wilson have a lot to be thankful not least their solid friendship born out of devastating illness.<br />
<br />
The ten-year-olds have battled back from frightening sickness which threatened both of their young lives. As a result, the classmates have formed such a close bond they help each other through day to day life. And to show the world their fighting spirit, young Storm has had 2ft 6ins of her long locks chopped off – her first ever hair cut - to support the charity which helped her best friend.<br />
<br />
Hannah’s mum Gemma, from Rayleigh, Essex, said: “What Storm has done for their friendship is a huge deal. We’re totally overwhelmed that she would do that. Storm just kept saying ‘wow’ when she heard what her friend was doing for her. What a lovely thing to do.<br />
<br />
“Hannah wore a wig occasionally when she lost her hair through chemo and Storm knows that. What an amazing little girl.”<br />
<br />
Back in 2010, a five-year-old Hannah was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer found in the nerve cells. By the time her mystery illness was diagnosed, she had to be placed into a coma to give medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital time to act. Her parents were told there was a 10% chance of her beating it.<br />
<br />
Gemma said: “She had been poorly for six months, crying every night saying her legs hurt. She lost lots of weight and, to me, she looked like she was dying, but the doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. She stopped eating, stopped playing and stopped being happy. That Christmas, she didn’t even want to open her presents. When she collapsed at school, we rushed her to A&E and insisted on answers. Within an hour of being taken to GOSH, she had been diagnosed.<br />
<br />
“By then, she was almost paralysed as she was riddled with cancer.”<br />
<br />
After a year of treatment, Hannah has been left with a dormant tumour on her spine and nerve damage to her feet giving her mobility problems.<br />
<br />
Her mum said: “I was worrie
    Exclusivepix_Hair_Cancer_Friends14.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
<br />
Best friends Hannah Binyon and Storm Wilson have a lot to be thankful not least their solid friendship born out of devastating illness.<br />
<br />
The ten-year-olds have battled back from frightening sickness which threatened both of their young lives. As a result, the classmates have formed such a close bond they help each other through day to day life. And to show the world their fighting spirit, young Storm has had 2ft 6ins of her long locks chopped off – her first ever hair cut - to support the charity which helped her best friend.<br />
<br />
Hannah’s mum Gemma, from Rayleigh, Essex, said: “What Storm has done for their friendship is a huge deal. We’re totally overwhelmed that she would do that. Storm just kept saying ‘wow’ when she heard what her friend was doing for her. What a lovely thing to do.<br />
<br />
“Hannah wore a wig occasionally when she lost her hair through chemo and Storm knows that. What an amazing little girl.”<br />
<br />
Back in 2010, a five-year-old Hannah was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer found in the nerve cells. By the time her mystery illness was diagnosed, she had to be placed into a coma to give medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital time to act. Her parents were told there was a 10% chance of her beating it.<br />
<br />
Gemma said: “She had been poorly for six months, crying every night saying her legs hurt. She lost lots of weight and, to me, she looked like she was dying, but the doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. She stopped eating, stopped playing and stopped being happy. That Christmas, she didn’t even want to open her presents. When she collapsed at school, we rushed her to A&E and insisted on answers. Within an hour of being taken to GOSH, she had been diagnosed.<br />
<br />
“By then, she was almost paralysed as she was riddled with cancer.”<br />
<br />
After a year of treatment, Hannah has been left with a dormant tumour on her spine and nerve damage to her feet giving her mobility problems.<br />
<br />
Her mum said: “I was worrie
    Exclusivepix_Hair_Cancer_Friends10.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
<br />
Best friends Hannah Binyon and Storm Wilson have a lot to be thankful not least their solid friendship born out of devastating illness.<br />
<br />
The ten-year-olds have battled back from frightening sickness which threatened both of their young lives. As a result, the classmates have formed such a close bond they help each other through day to day life. And to show the world their fighting spirit, young Storm has had 2ft 6ins of her long locks chopped off – her first ever hair cut - to support the charity which helped her best friend.<br />
<br />
Hannah’s mum Gemma, from Rayleigh, Essex, said: “What Storm has done for their friendship is a huge deal. We’re totally overwhelmed that she would do that. Storm just kept saying ‘wow’ when she heard what her friend was doing for her. What a lovely thing to do.<br />
<br />
“Hannah wore a wig occasionally when she lost her hair through chemo and Storm knows that. What an amazing little girl.”<br />
<br />
Back in 2010, a five-year-old Hannah was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer found in the nerve cells. By the time her mystery illness was diagnosed, she had to be placed into a coma to give medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital time to act. Her parents were told there was a 10% chance of her beating it.<br />
<br />
Gemma said: “She had been poorly for six months, crying every night saying her legs hurt. She lost lots of weight and, to me, she looked like she was dying, but the doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. She stopped eating, stopped playing and stopped being happy. That Christmas, she didn’t even want to open her presents. When she collapsed at school, we rushed her to A&E and insisted on answers. Within an hour of being taken to GOSH, she had been diagnosed.<br />
<br />
“By then, she was almost paralysed as she was riddled with cancer.”<br />
<br />
After a year of treatment, Hannah has been left with a dormant tumour on her spine and nerve damage to her feet giving her mobility problems.<br />
<br />
Her mum said: “I was worrie
    Exclusivepix_Hair_Cancer_Friends06.JPG
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