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Harakka Island: Panoramic Views

It’s been a while, but yes: Harakka Island Radio broadcast in Finland in May 2022 from the small island of the same name just three minutes by boat from the centre of Helsinki. The broadcasts were exclusively analogue via a small (approved!) FM transmitter.

The magic of analogue was also captured in pictures. Using a panoramic camera of Russian provenance, Mme Schaffner exposed some old 35mm films. Only recently did she have the opportunity to take them to the laboratory. Et voilà: Here are the ‘light drawings’ of the island of Harakka!

Radio station at the entrance of the Hlemmur gallery
The radio station at the entrance
View with me
View with me
Geologist Antti Salla
The nature guide and photographer Erkki Makkonen
To the sea
To the sea
The gallery seen from afar
The gallery seen from behind and afar
The true inhabitants of the island
Humans are not allowed to stay on the island, only birds
Spring flowers