These captivating and surreal photographs capture a range of moods in various other-worldly northern lands. Three contemporary photographers revisti places throughout Central Asia photographed by Johannes Gabriel (J.G.) Crano, a Finnish scientist and explorer, between 1902 and 1916. While Grano’s photographs show majestic environments relatively undisturbed by his species, his modern successors encounter great changes; the juxtaposition reveals connections between art, science, and nature in images of a changing world. Stunning black and white seascapes by Taneli Eskola, scenes of destruction (a dam, a strip mine) by Jorma Puranen, and farmyard photography by Pentii Sammallahti, in which the animals seem to tell wry jokes to the camera, pay homage to the world that was, while recording the world as it is now. 216 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-624-7530
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