Wish You Could Bottle Up Your Favourite Landscapes? This Man Can

Have you ever been somewhere so beautiful that you just wish you could bottle up that moment and bring it home with you? Well, this talented photographer decided to take this idea to the next level – here’s how.

It was the childhood dream of Finnish photographer Christoffer Relander to collect his most treasured landscapes in Finland, memories of where he grew up. He came up with the genius idea of literally ‘preserving’ these environments in jars through the use of double exposure photography. The series is aptly called Jarred & Displaced.

“For over a year now I’ve been collecting landscapes in jars using analog double exposures,” Relander explained. “I play with the idea of being an ambitious collector; conserving my environments and incorporating them into a large personal collection. Most landscapes are of the countryside in the south of Finland, where my roots still lie. Separation anxiety from my childhood is simply what absorbed me into this project.”

With analogue multiple exposures, Relander can manipulate his images in-camera – none of it was done afterwards using software such as Photoshop, which makes his photography even more impressive.

“All double exposures are shot on medium format film that I develop and scan myself,” he explained. “I print pigment prints on museum-quality paper, which are available in limited editions.”

To view more of Relander’s work, click here, or watch the video of his process below.

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Charlotte Luxford

Architecture & Design Editor

As Culture Trip's architecture and design expert, Charlotte has more than 12 years' industry experience, working for an array of national publications. Prior to joining Culture Trip, Charlotte was the editor of Grand Designs Magazine, steering the magazine in a new direction and overseeing a new look for the title. She has also worked for mass media organisation TI Media, providing content for Livingetc, Ideal Home, Country Homes & Interiors and Homes & Gardens. Charlotte has always had a passion for design and is also a qualified interior designer, having completed a diploma in her spare time. At Culture Trip, Charlotte has worked closely with institutions including the Design Museum and London Design Festival, as well as interviewing design heroes such as Thomas Heatherwick and Sir Terence Conran.