The Centre for Creative Photography

The Centre for Creative Photography (Luovan valokuvauksen keskus, Luovake in short) was founded in Jyväskylä in October, 1989. The main focus of the association is to represent the art of photography, to promote all aspects of photography as a practice, and to enhance prevalent conditions of photographers by maintaining a vital connection to artists and institutions, both nationally and internationally.

The Centre for Creative Photography currently has over 130 members. The association also runs a centre for Creative Photography which represents photography from Central Finland and actively publishes a variety of photography based publications. The photography centre is part of a national network of photography in Finland and is known for its exhibitions and educational work in contemporary photography, as well as in the interface of photography and art.

It is possible to contact Luovake directly for other residency opportunities outside of the Nordic Analog Network.

Jyväskylä / Finland

  • 2026:
    Luovake will not offer a residency in 2026.

    2027:
    We hope to offer a residency in 2027.

    Sustainable Theme:
    Luovake will invite a photographer who wants to learn about sustainable processes and will offer the visiting photographer a workshop on the theme.

    Residency apartment:
    Shared guest apartment for two persons in Jyväskylä city centre
    Address: Kauppakatu 12, Jyväskylä

    Residency activities:
    -You will have a meet and greet with darkroom members on arrival

    -You will do a presentation of finished work for darkroom members at the end of stay

    -You will get recommendations for galleries and museums to visit in Jyväskylä

    -You may be invited to do a presentation or workshop at the Ratamo Gallery

    Residency contact person:
    Anna-Leena Pesonen - info@luovake.fi

  • Darkroom is hosted by The Centre for Creative Photography in the centre of Jyväskylä. This space is shared with print workshop. There is also a gallery in the building which works through open calls. We are working on arranging exhibition space for residency artist in the the city center, both indoors and outdoor galleries.

    The Darkroom is one open space room with clear separation of dry and wet areas with a row of enlargers, two working sink. Equipment is only set up for b&w development. Darkroom can fit 1-4 people working at the same time. The members are a nice mix of professional photographers, artists, students and enthusiastic amateurs of all ages that work with a variety of formats, techniques and subject matter.

  • Enlargers

    • Durst vls 501 x 2: Laborator 900 + Laborator 1200

    • Fujimoto g70

    • Condenser heads from 35mm up to 4”x5”

    • Ilford multigrade 500cpm control unit

    • Hauck electric peris timer x 2

    • Kaiset hauck atu160 timer

    Equipment in the Darkroom

    • Shared basic b&w chemicals - Ilford brand.

    • A storage of old and expired paper and diverse chemicals, free to use.

    • Two large sinks.

    • Over sink ventilation.

    • Red and orange safelights.

    • Print washer tray max. print size 58x67 cm

    • Film development tanks and reels for up to 4”x5” deep tanks.

    • Eiri film drying cabinet

    • Melissa immersion circulator

    • Printing equipment like paper easels up to 55x66 cm, focus finders, MG filters, etc.

    • Developing equipment like paper trays up to 57x69cm, beakers, measuring cups, thongs etc.

    Equipment in the Lightroom

    • Rotatrim Pro54 paper cutter up to 137cm

    • DK210M MEchanical Dry Mounting Press

    In the Outdoor Garden

    • Herbs and plants for sustainable developers

  • PC workstation with Windows operating system. Two scanners (Epson, Plustek) are also available for negative scanning with film holders from 35mm up to 4x5, a Wide format printer can be used with a variety of different museum quality papers.

    • PC workstation

    • NEC Multisync PA272W monitor

    • Samsung SyncMaster 245T (secondary)

    • Adobe Creative Suite

    • Epson v850 flatbed scanner

    • Plustek Opticfilm 120 scanner

    • Epson SureColor SC-P9500 STD wide format printer

  • Website:
    https://www.luovake.fi/

    Email:
    info@luovake.fi

    Telephone:
    +358 14 266 4389

    Instagram:
    @luovake
    https://www.instagram.com/luovake/

    Facebook:
    @luovake
    https://www.facebook.com/luovake


    Adress:
    Veturitallinkatu 6, 40100 Jyväskylä

    Staff:
    Mikko Auerniitty (director) - auerniitty.com

    Joonas Ahtikallio (board member, darkroom technician) - www.joonasahtikallio.com

    Anssi Ruuska (board member, darkroom technician) - www.anssiruuska.fi

    360 view of darkroom