Probable Cause

Henri Airo, 2026

Silkscreened hardcover with dustjacket
210mm x 275mm
196 pages
Offset printing
Texts in English and Finnish
Edition of 500
ISBN 978-91-987607-9-8

Publisher: Kult Books
Graphic design: Camilla Marrese
Book design: Henri Airo, Camilla Marrese and Janne Riikonen
Printing: Tipografijas Jelgavas, Latvia


Finalist, Athens Photo Festival Pick:26 Award

The book has been exhibited at the Benaki Museum as part of Athens Photo Festival (2026), Filter Space Chicago as part of Filter Photo Festival (2026) and in the book section of Backlight Photo Festival (2026).


“Throughout the book, the voices of others, asserting what should and should not happen, are foregrounded, repeatedly drawing us to the difficulties and obstacles, the chasms in understanding,” Daniel Jewesbury, Source Magazine #122

“Airo’s treatment of the perpetrator is not one-dimensional. It would have been easy to portray him as an unredeemable low-life loser, but instead we can see that in some ways he is also a victim.” Hans Hickerson, Photobook Journal 23.7.2026

“A photographic artist whose previous book explored war and the military. In his latest work, Henri turns his attention to the death of his sister, who was killed by a drunk driver. What the two books share is their refusal to offer easy clues, definitive conclusions, or a sense of closure. Instead, they create a space for new thoughts to emerge.” Antti Nylen, Gloria 08/2026
 

39,00€ + shipping

To order a signed copy, drop me an email: henri.airo@gmail.com

Sota on onnettomuus,

Henri Airo, 2026

Softcover zine
165mm x 235mm
96 pages
Offset printing
Texts in Finnish
Edition of 500
ISBN 978-952-65274-3-7

Publisher: Utu Press
Graphic design: Camilla Marrese
Book design: Henri Airo, Camilla Marrese and Toivo Heinimäki
Project Assistance: Veeti Valkama
Printing: KOPA, Lithuania

Text contributions by Susanna Hast, Noora Kotilainen, Saara Särmä & Leena Vastapuu


A free zine edition of the book War is a Disaster, distributed for free through a network of collection points at finnish war museums. 

______ aateloi ihmisen

Henri Airo, 2025

Stamped softcover file with saddle stitched block
210mm x 297mm
64 pages
Digital & Risography Printing
Texts in Finnish
Edition of 200
ISBN 978-952-88-0036-1

Graphic design: Linnea Lindgren
Book design: Henri Airo & Linnea Lindgren
Printing: Copy Department of the Seinäjoki City Hall

Self-published for the group exhibition Statuomania (25.1. - 31.5.2025) at Kunsthalle Seinäjoki. Produced as part of the Summer Artist Commission by the City of Seinäjoki.

War is a Disaster,

Henri Airo, 2024

Open spine softcover with hand printed dustcover
190mm x 265mm
224 pages
Offset & Silkscreen Printing
Texts in English and Finnish
Edition of 300
ISBN 978-952-65274-2-0

Published by: Utu Press
Graphic design: Camilla Marrese
Book design: Henri Airo, Camilla Marrese and Toivo Heinimäki
Project Assistance: Veeti Valkama
Printing: KOPA, Lithuania

Text contributions by Ahmed Al-Nawas, Susanna Hast, Noora Kotilainen, Saara Särmä & Leena Vastapuu


Winner, Encontros da Imagem Photobook Award 2025
Winner, Photo/Frome Photobook Award 2025
Shortlisted, Rencontres d’Arles Photo-Text Book Award 2025
Winner, Beatiful Book Awards 2024
Finalist, Finnish Photobook Award 2024
Finalist, PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book 2025


“Myths and traumas are the building blocks of collective consciousness. Canonised narratives create identities and affiliations — divisions between us and others. This stunningly researched and visually impressive work by photographer Henri Airo explores Finnish war remembrance and sums up the essence in the title: war is a disaster.” The Finnish Book Art Committee

“War is a Disaster invites the reader to reflect on how power uses art, education, rituals, and institutions in general to form a collective memory that contributes to creating the identity of a people. ... Why is this book important? Through this work, the Finnish artist helps us to investigate and, in some way, to better sense the smell of war that is approaching all of Europe.” Santolo Felaco, Discarded Magazine 7.1.2026

“The book is an artistic research project composed of photographs, drawings, and documents. The combination of photographs and archival material is epistemologically successful, as it brings together both collective and personal memories.“ The Finnish Photobook Award


The book has been exhibited at the City of Gardens Gallery as part of Paper Photo Festival (2025), Frome Library as part of Photo/Frome Festival (2025), at the Prix du Livre at Les Rencontres D’Arles (2025), the Photo-Book Library at Belfast Photo Festival (2025), the Book Lovers Shelf at Camera Austria Graz (2025), the Centro Cultural de la Ville Madrid as part of PHotoESPAÑA (2025), The book section at Grenze - Arsenali Fotografici (2025), the Eyes on Finland section of Graphic Days Torino (2025), the Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva as part of Encontros da Imagem (2025) and in multiple libraries and fairs as part of the Most Beautiful Books Selection (2025). 


35,00€ + shipping

Distributed in Europe by Utu Press
Distributed in US by Printed Matter

To order a signed copy, drop me an email: henri.airo@gmail.com

The Anatomy of the War Hero: A Guidebook

 
Henri Airo & Iivari Mikkonen, 2024

Softcover booklet
148mm x 210mm
24 pages
Inkjet Printing
Texts in Finnish and English
Printed in Helsinki
Edition of 50
ISBN 978-952-94-9278-7

Self-published as part of the exhibition If Such a Scene is Presented Even Prior to the Opening Titles, it Grows in Significance, Hippolyte Korjaamo 14.6. - 11.8.2024.


“In the background research for their exhibition at Hippolyte Korjaamo, Airo and Mikkonen read through works of literature which represent the historical figures of Finnish war heroes, whose heroic status is asserted through their actions in the Winter- and Continuation Wars. The research material was made up of a disparate selection of catalogues, comic books and historical novels adhering to varied degrees of historical accuracy. Through text and image, each of these publications uphold and contribute to the fictional image of the male Finnish war hero.

Analysing the language, characters and rhetorical devices of these works, the publication traces out a set of five rules that literature on war and heroism rely on to build a relatable yet distant ideal hero.“