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I. K. Inha , pseudonym of Konrad Into Nyström (1865-1930), seen by many as the most important of the early Finnish photographers. He was also a noted author, translator, and journalist. he is one of the grand masters of Finnish photography. He is often referred to as 'the national photographer' of Finland. Konrad was born in the village of Jäähdyspohja located in central Finland (1865). His father was the bailiff Johan Abraham Nyström and his mother Clara Charlotta Nyström (née Vikman). Inha moved to Hämeenlinna to study in the respected Lyceum of Hämeenlinna (1877). His studies in addition to the basic courses included additional languages and journalism. He graduated and moved to Helsinki and enrolled in the University of Helsinki to study aesthetics, Finnish language, and history (1884). After a year he changed his majors to geology, geography, and chemistry. All subjexts that would prove useful in his photograophic endecors. He did not earn a degree, but emerged a keen generalist and fluent in several languages. He pursued a career in journalism anbd soon found that ophotography fit into his career choice. He began working in the late-19th century and set out to document Finnish folk traditions wudely viewed, including old habits, customs, and landscapes. The image here of peasant children in 1894 is a good example (figure 1). They were part of a free peasanbtry. Serfdom in Scandanavia and Finland was never fully established as in Russia. And then as Finland began to modernize in the early-20th century Inha began to capture that as well.
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