This October, Oslo Negativ [ON] returns to Nasjonalgalleriet for its sixth edition. As a longstanding participant and supporter of ON, one of Scandinavia’s most significant photography festivals, WILLAS contemporary has previously presented works by some of the medium’s most renowned artists at the festival, including Nick Brandt and Roger Ballen (2021), Helene Schmitz (2022), and Anton Corbijn (2025). This year, the gallery is proud to present the works of Finnish‑American artist Arno Rafael Minkkinen (b. 1945). Even those unfamiliar with his name will recognize his photographs. Since 1969, Minkkinen has photographed his own body within landscapes—not as conventional portraiture, but as an ongoing inquiry into whether a body and a place can hold the same form. Spanning five decades, four continents, thirty countries and 33 U.S. states, his images seamlessly blend the human figure with natural elements, making each photograph a visual puzzle. Working almost always in solitude, without assistants or post-production manipulation, he transforms the specific—a naked body in nature—into something universal. By imposing self-defined limitations, he seeks to keep everything the same, and yet every photograph is always different. From his early works in the 1970s to the present, Minkkinen’s images preserve a consistent sense of timelessness and aesthetic signature.