October Well-Being Photo-Walk, Laajalahti, Espoo, 2025

August Well-Being Photo-Walk, Otsolahti, Espoo, 2025

September Well-Being Photo-Walk, Otsolahti Bay, Espoo, 2025

August Well-Being Photo-Walk, Matinkylä Beach, Espoo, 2025

July Well-Being Photo-Walk, Haukilahti Beach, Espoo, 2025

Photo-Walks By The Baltic Sea (2025)

The Photo-Walks by the Baltic Sea is a participatory photography series developed through monthly well-being photo-walks held in Espoo, Finland (July–October 2025). The project engaged over fifty participants aged six to sixty-five from seventeen different cultural backgrounds, using photography as a low-threshold tool to support well-being, inclusion, and social connection in public spaces. The project was fully facilitated by professional visual artist and art educator Luiza Preda and financially supported by Espoo City.

The resulting photographs form a mindful visual documentation of shared experiences along the Baltic Sea, reflecting both on Espoo’s natural environment and its multicultural community. The walks created accessible spaces for intercultural encounter, presence, and reflection—without requiring prior artistic experience.

Participants’ results are presented as four virtual exhibitions within the Creative Harmony initiative, extending the project’s reach and impact by making the outcomes publicly accessible and supporting ongoing community engagement through arts and health–based activities.

The virtual art exhibitions ended in January 2026, but you can still slide through a short overview of the art exhibitions down below and still enjoy a calm and grounding visual experience!

Poster advertising the virtual photography exhibition 'Creative Harmony IV' taking place on October 11, 2025, in Espoo, Finland. The poster features a green background with a lake, pine cone, seashell, and flower, along with a graphic of a camera and text details about the event.

View of an art exhibition titled "Creative Harmony IV - Well-Being Photo-Walks 2025" in Espoo, Finland, showing landscape photographs of nature scenes including lakes, wetlands, and fall foliage displayed on dark green walls in a gallery space.

A collage of photos from a well-being photo walk in Finland on September 13, 2025, featuring trees, autumn leaves, a person smiling and waving, and nature scenes.

Two framed nature photographs on a dark green wall: the left photo shows a clear blue sky with tree branches, and the right photo depicts a horse in a forest area.

A collage of nature scenes including a pond with trees, a tree trunk with mushrooms, a lake with ducks, a forest floor with stumps, and a grazing cow, with green background and the name Leda Maliqi.

A collage of autumn forest and nature scenes, including trees with colorful fall foliage, a wooden boardwalk, and a marsh. Text on the image references a well-being photo walk in Finland, taken on September 13, 2025, by Luiza Preda.

Collage of nature photographs from Finland, including clouds over a lake, a woman in a field, autumn trees, a close-up of a red flower, a person peeking through a yellow structure, yellow leaves with white blossoms, a water scene with fallen leaves, a dry grass field, and green foliage.

An advertisement for the 'Creative Harmony III' virtual photography exhibition, featuring a background of a calm blue sea, a pine cone hanging from an evergreen branch, a purple and white flower, seashells on a gray rock, and a QR code with a URL to the event supported by Espoo City in Finland.

Exhibition at Espoo, Finland showcasing photographs of nature, including clouds and plant details, with a sign indicating the event is called 'Photo-Walk in Espoo, Finland', dated September 13, 2025.

Photo collage titled 'Anisha Raj' with text about her experience during a nature walk, showing close-up images of rocks, moss, mushrooms, and two dogs with a person. The collage includes information about her reflection on noticing small details in nature and promoting a sense of calm and curiosity.

A collage of outdoor nature photos with trees, plants, leaves, and a woman enjoying the outdoors, part of a photo walk project in Finland.

Text from a book page or display mentioning artist Luiza Preda and the date 2025, discussing nature, trees, rocks, birds, reflection, and love, in a poetic and contemplative tone.

Image of two abstract art pieces, one with a cloudy sky and flying birds, the other with a textured pattern resembling stone, displayed in an art gallery.

Collection of photos from a well-being photo walk in Finland, including nature scenes, a person interacting with water, and children playing, with an inspiring quote by E.E. Cummings.

Display of a photography exhibit, featuring a black-and-white photo of a woman sitting under a tree in a park with other trees and a water body in the background, and a color photo of a green egg-shaped object on grass.

Poster for a virtual photography exhibition titled 'Creative Harmony II' featuring a background of a body of water at sunset, a camera illustration with a person's hand, a pine cone hanging from a branch, flowers, and shells. The poster includes event details, curator information, a QR code, and a website URL.

Text overlay on an image of a calm ocean with a gray sky, titled 'Connection' and written by Luiza Preda in 2025. The text discusses the themes of peace, hope, and connection through art and photography.

Exhibition in Espoo, Finland showcasing black and white landscape photographs with a gray interior wall and ceiling, framed photos, and a high ceiling with a skylight.

Exhibition poster titled 'creations' with names of artists and details about an art exhibition in Finland on September 13, 2025.

A dark-themed poster featuring the artist Amruth Varshan with a quote about color and black-and-white photographs of nature and a marina.

Photo of an art exhibition by Iwy Fay Kelioutis, featuring two framed photographs on a dark gray wall, one of a small pile of rocks with autumn leaves, and the other of a spiral tunnel.

Photographs of nature scenes displayed on a gallery wall, with a forest and dog by a lake on the left and a large tree with sprawling branches in black and white on the right, labeled as part of a well-being photo walk in Finland.

Two framed photographs on a dark gray wall in an art gallery. The left photo shows the ground with green grass, gravel, and a road or pathway. The right photo features a close-up of a rock with a circular mirror embedded in it, reflecting the sky.

Collage of eight photographs depicting water, greenery, a person smiling, flowers, and a person holding a camera, with a text overlay indicating nature walk in Finland on August 16, 2025, by Ting-Jhen Yang.

Participants of the Creative Harmony - Art Exhibition 1

Gallery wall with triptych of close-up nature photographs featuring water, tree bark, and greenery. Text indicates artist Luiza Preda's work for a Finland well-being photo walk, dated July 26, 2025, with artist's name Alex Metcalfe.

Two framed photographs displayed on a gray gallery wall, one showing green plants with a nest, the other showing rocks and green algae or moss on a rocky surface.

Collection of photographs showing nature scenes, litter, and people walking on a trail in Finland, with the title 'WELL-BEING PHOTO-WALK, FINLAND, 26.07.25' and the photographer's name 'Luiza Preda 2025'.

Photograph of a sandy beach with tidal water in the background, rocks stacked in a line and casting shadows, and a single dried plant stem in front of the rocks.

Two framed photographs of ground with a tree shadow and the word 'TULOSSA' written in the dirt, taken from different angles, displayed on a gallery wall during an exhibition.

Photo of two framed artworks on a neutral-colored gallery wall, featuring nature scenes, with text indicating it is an exhibit by Mari Parsonage at an art gallery.

Gallery of three black and white landscape photographs in frames on a white gallery wall, titled 'WELL-BEING PHOTO-WALK, FINLAND, 26.07.25', with artist credit 'LUIZA PREDA 2025' at the top left.

Photo of a page with text about Tara Aleah Martin, including copyright information and details of a well-being photo walk event in Finland on July 26, 2025.

Photographic art gallery with three framed landscape photographs on white walls, featuring a beach scene with ducks, a seashell on sand, and rocks with a boot, with track lighting on the ceiling.

A collage of three photographs depicting nature scenes in Finland, with text describing a mindfulness exercise called Ting-Jhen Yang. The first photo shows pine tree branches with sunlight filtering through, labeled 'Above / Below'. The second photo shows small sticks arranged on moss, labeled 'Mosswalk'. The third photo shows a clear blue sky above a green tree, labeled 'Inhale, Exhale'.

Photograph of an art exhibit with two framed nature photographs displayed on a white wall, titled 'Ting-Jhen Yang', part of a well-being photo walk in Finland on July 26, 2025, with a black ceiling-mounted spotlight illuminating the artwork.

Close-up of children holding photographs during a photo walk, with overlay text about participant satisfaction scores and ratings.

A world map highlighting countries involved in a multicultural project called Cultural Diversity. Several flags are placed around Europe and Asia, representing countries such as Brazil, Estonia, Finland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Ukraine. The title 'Cultural Diversity' is prominently displayed, along with a description explaining the multicultural collaboration of individuals from 16 countries creating art together.

Participants’ thoughts after the photo-walk

I am really thankful for the opportunity to be part of the Photo-walk by the Baltic sea IV edition. I felt so productive yesterday physically and mentally. It's been a learning journey to exercise mindfulness through photography. And also I'm so grateful to our guide Luiza for helping us deepen our passion in taking photos and for helping us express ourselves through photography with the activities she gave us and through group activites it helped us to learn from each other and enjoy the company of each one.

-Irene

“Today I had an adventure! I love nature and photography. So when I have guidance, for me it is an excellent experience! I loved it because I was challenged to create things. Following tips and advices I was able to have fun, relax, create, and enjoy nature.

- Shkurte

My heart is filled with warmth, passion and curiosity after all of the photo walks we've had. Each season and location opened something I didn't discover before in Espoo, and brought positive social connections in addition. I loved how people grew this community and how eager everyone was to discuss ideas afterwards!

-Tetiana

“Luiza was great at making abstract concepts very approachable. She managed to structure learning around the activities of play and experimentation, with very accessible starting points. She helps you discover, on your own, the things that interest you, and creates the space for you engage with those things or learn more about them..”

-Amruth

“My body felt very warm and slow in a peaceful way during the photo-walk. When I recall my memories from this photo-walk, I have beautiful, warm, and rather quiet moments captured in my eyes and heart.”

-Ia

“Luiza succeeded to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere during the photo walk. The tasks were inspiring and gave me new insights into how to approach photography and how to look at my surroundings and find things I want to capture. I loved that among this being a meditative experience I also got practical information on photography. Luiza was supportive and made me feel safe and calm during the whole photo walk. ”

-Tuulia

“Workshops around creativity could easily end up getting stuck with technical skills and performance, blocking the actual creativeness. Loved and appreaciated Luiza's approach to photography and the creative process, which starts with letting go of 'right' and 'wrong' and being mindfully present in the moment.”

-Essi

“I felt incredibly at ease—Luiza is an amazing guide. The sense of calm I experienced while taking photos and following her gentle direction, along with the freedom I felt, was truly remarkable. I was honestly in awe after the walk, and the things we talked about have stayed with me ever since.”

-Anastasiia

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