Filled with kitsch, golden frames, fur, and glitter, Veera Konsti’s (b. 1990) exhibition It’s Complicated carnivalizes and parodies the traditions of both painting and nature photography. Photographing stuffed animals and animal skeletons, Konsti constructs dramatic arrangements. The dark yet humorous exhibition aims to question the conventions of presenting nature.

Veera Konsti is the winner of the Jouko Lehtola Foundation’s 2022 Young Hero grant. An exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography is part of the award. The basis for the award is Veera Konsti’s bold challenge to the traditions and conventional thinking of photography shown in her projects.