Portrait Photography

My Estonian grandfather, Viktor Kollin, was a man shaped by the hardships of his time—a distant and quiet figure to us, his grandchildren. I never really got to know him; he always kept to himself. Like so many men of his generation, he was forced to give up on his dreams, swept along by the collective madness of the era. But he didn’t take the easy way out. He held onto his integrity, even though it meant sacrificing his own aspirations.

In his own quiet ways, he rebelled. He became a journalist for a small regional newspaper because he yearned to write, to tell stories, and to photograph—even though back then it meant working under draconian censorship, feeding into the wide-open mouth of propaganda. But all his spare time was devoted to questioning and resisting the oppressive regime by creating beauty, something so absent from the harsh movements of his time.

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Left: My grandpa around 1950
Right: Blooming buckwheat on film 2021

This morning, I had a long brainstorming session with the Documentary Photography Museum in Tallinn, Estonia, preparing for my upcoming exhibition in August. We spoke so much about my grandfather that my longing to create a project about him and my home country is becoming overconsuming. When I visited Estonia in 2021, I shot mostly on film—it felt like the right approach for a place where time still moves more slowly. I had an innate urge to simplify, to slow down.

Now, I’m pulling every string possible to spend two months there this summer, giving myself the space to sink deeper into the mood, flow, and poetry of this Nordic terrain and its quiet yet warm people.

A female stork on a stormy afternoon
2021 I Estonia

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left:Lake in a forest where we used to swim as children
right: downtown Tallinn

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left: train station in my hometown Valga
right: Russian newspaper from 1987 in abandoned military base

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left: wild forest lakes
right: my aunt Irina near the childhood summer house

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Thank you my love 😍😍😍

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Taking a second look. It’s so calming 🤍🤍
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Thank you dear Manu! Looking into family history is one of the things I love doing yet don’t get to do much. It is so strange that our lives are so busy that we are not able to attend to these relatively small pleasures 🤍🤍🤍

Oh what a wonderful project! So excited for you! I would love to track back time as well to seek out my family’s past. I am sure there are still many things to uncover for you as well. 🖤
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Let’s be realistic 😂😂😂😂😂

I’m so excited for this project and hope you get that time organised so you can dive deep 🤍

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Thank you my love! It’s a work of joy, will either happen or not happen. Any outcome is fine 🥰

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This sounds like such a beautiful and heartfelt project dear Angelika! 🤍🤍🤍 I will cross my fingers and toes that you will be able to fulfill it 🫂🫶🏼

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Wonderful project 😍
It feels like you're immersing yourself in your own old family album!

That you for reading my dear Sri 🤍

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So much to know what you do there! Thank you for sharing your experience there! Looking forward 💜

GM.Your vision for this project is deeply moving embracing time memory, and home with such poetic intent. Wishing you a summer of profound creativity in Estonia. 26 👏

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Perfect shot dear, i look forward to your next stories about this land.🤩

These are such beautiful words..,, 

Thank you Juliette 🤍🤍🤍

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As a symbol of that country, i want to tell you that you exist in a world of love, kindness, energy, and beauty, which you wholeheartedly share with everyone.
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Sounds like an incredible journey  deeply personal and beautifully poetic. Wishing you the best in bringing this project to life 🌹🌹🌹

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Thank you for sharing your experience there! 🙏🏻🔥🔥♥️♥️♥️

That sounds like an incredible journey

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yes Love! We have many stork in my home country, and I also always associated them with that.

Are you flying to Estonia this summer? That's great 🤍

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