About the video:

‘Is anybody there?’: contemporary photographer Jorma Puranen traces the figure hovering beyond and behind Goya’s portrait, 'The Duke of Wellington'.

The artist’s work features in the exhibition Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present and investigates the juxtaposition of past and present, capturing Old Master paintings in a new light.

About the artist:

Jorma Puranen is a Helsinki-based photographer whose diverse work spans ethnography to experimentation. His more recent interests include historical painting, portraiture and landscape.