Author: Sofie Tapia / Source: Bored Panda
Claude Cahun, Vivian Maier, and Any Warhol, photographers throughout history have captured their essences in some pretty eccentric self-portraits – but the weather camera self-portrait project by Finnish photographer Tatu Gustafsson has re-invented this genre in an eerie new way.
Gustafsson traveled across Finland posing in front of roadside cameras for over four years in a photography project that is unlike any other. Each image shows an almost ghostly image of the photographer in varying scenes around the country from desolate highways to roundabouts. The photographs were taken and retrieved thanks to the Finnish Transport Agency, who captures photos every 12 minutes on over 700 roadside cameras around the country, which are then uploaded to their website for 24 hours.
The artist spoke to The Creators Project and said he wanted to try a new take on traditional subject photography. Gustafsson recounted as a student he didn’t like the amount of…
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