Eyes as Big as Plates 2

The ongoing photography series Eyes as Big as Plates byKaroline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen started out in 2011 studyingpersonifications of nature and folkloric explanations of naturalphenomena. A decade later it has evolved into a continual searchfor modern human's belonging in nature, taking the Norwegian-Finnish artist duo to fifteen countries on a quest to understandour relationship with our surroundings. This second book inthe series features new portraits produced in collaboration withretired wrestling coaches, pub patrons, Sami reindeer herders,Aboriginal uncles, kantele players, librarians, wild boar hunters,and surfers across four continents. To mark the project's ten-yearanniversary, it also includes contributions from several guestwriters and an extended field notes section revealing the behind-the-scenes action of each portrait.