Birgit Püve

A photo exhibition examines the impact of population changes in Estonia

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A photo exhibition that examines how Estonia will last for the next one hundred years with a declining population has opened at the Baltic Station, the central train station in the Estonian capital, Tallinn. The exhibition #kuidasmekestame (“how we will last”) depicts images taken by renowned Estonian photographer, Birgit Püve, who has captured Estonian people and places to […]

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Photographer Birgit Püve – capturing identity and memory

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Birgit Püve is an Estonian photographer whose work has been shown around the world. A former journalist and editor, Püve’s work focuses on memory and identity. In 2014 she received the third prize at The Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2014 at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Estonian World spoke to Püve about her work and what it’s like to be a photographer in Estonia.

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Birgit Püve’s photo wins a prize at a London contest

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A photo by the Estonian photographer and journalist, Birgit Püve, came third at a prestigious London photo contest, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Püve’s photo was of nine-year-old Estonian twins, Braian and Ryan, taken at their grandmother’s house outside Tallinn. The photo is from Püve’s recent photo book for which she photographed over 80 Estonian

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