I was studying for my Master’s Thesis when I first read Roland Barthes’ famous book Camera Lucida. It was our lecturer Kimmo Lehtonen who made us read it, and not only read, but our group also discussed quite a lot about themes Barthes was writing about. Officially, with Kimmo in the classroom – but also unofficially in the evenings with the glass of red wine by side of Barthes…

It was a kind of wake-up-call for me in this kind of thinking around photography. And I can say that it was good and needed one.

Now I have adopted name Valoisa Huone (Camera Lucida in Finnish) as the name of this blog and my website – a mark of respect for Barthes, Kimmo, my fellow students of that time – people who have affected to my photographic efforts since then.

Not much have actually changed on the website but changes are on the way. Not huge revolution but small steps of evolution.