Raimo Ahonen’s photo book SELLANEN ELÄMÄ KARJALAS (in English: “This is Life in Karelia”) summarizes years of photo tours had focused on the Olonets region in Russian Karelia and particularly bring Karelian timber architecture into prominence. The village of Kinerma and its inhabitants are in the center of this work.

The book’s competent foreword was written by architect Kari Niskasaari, chairman of registered society Friends of Kinerma. The text is complemented by insightful travelogue of Kinerma village, made by Antti Hanelius.

The book’s title is based on a comment made by Karelian Ivan Jershov, which – according to Olga Gokkoeva – well describes the Finnish-Karelian relationship. The sentence is in Finnish language with a Karelian accent!