PEETER VÄHI
Amateur photographer
Estonian composer Peeter Vähi is also known as an amateur photographer, and has over 15 years experience. His specialties include travels, mountainous landscapes, monasteries, temples, musicians, faces… His photos decorate the walls of exhibition halls and interiors, journals and newspapers, books and CD covers, multi-media events, TV programs, and websites.
Photo exhibitions
Earth’s Face – shamans, priests, monks, traditional healers, spiritual leaders, holy men, masters of rites… from the outskirts of the world. Põlva Culture Centre, Estonia, in the frames of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, opening event on August 17th, 2024 at 11 am
Masterpieces of Nature 31 large photos from Greenland, Algeria, Trans-Himalaya, Antarctica, America, China, Pacific etc, July 7th-31st, 2023, Tartu St John’s church; auction on July 11th at 8.45 pm in Tartu St John’s church. More info.
Upper Nile. Nubian Desert: 20 photos from Sudan, 2018, exhibition at JOP Antoniuse õu, Tartu, Estonia, July 25th − October 14th, 2018
Fugue of Man and Nature: photos from non-European areas 2007−2013, Mar 5th to Aug 31st, 2016, Gate Tower (Lühike Jalg Str 9, Tallinn, Estonia)
African Round: expedition photos, Jul 20th, 2013 − Feb 13th, 2014, University Café (Ülikooli Str 20, Tartu, Estonia)
Arctica-Antarctica: expedition photos, Jul 23rd – Sep 15th, 2011, University Café (Ülikooli Str 20, Tartu, Estonia); Sep 17th – Oct 31st, 2011, Dorpat Conference Centre (Tartu, Estonia)
This Is Asia: May 4th–31st, 2011, Museum of Costal Folk (Viimsi, Harju county, Estonia), download also the interview with the photographer
Homo sapiens 2009: Jul 15th − Sep 16th, 2010, Vilde (Tartu, Estonia); Sep 17th − Nov 30th, 2011, Origo Centre (Riga, Latvia); May 7th − Sep 15th, 2012, Dorpat Conference Centre (Tartu, Estonia)
Silk Road (expedition photos): July − Aug 2008, University Café, Tartu; May − July 2009, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Toome maailma lähemale / Bringing the World Closer… (joint exhibition): autumn 2014 − spring 2016, Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia Concert Hall, Jõhvi Concert Hall, Kasepää ambulARToorium, Kuressaare Castle / Fortress (Estonia)
Thousand Faces of Buddhism (together with Tiit Pruuli): May 2007, Estonian National Library, Tallinn
Face Of Planet: March 2006, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn; 2009, Origo Centre, Riga, Latvia
Press resonance: Saale ja koridore ilmestas näitus “Siiditee tuur” − suuremõõtmelised fotod rännakutelt, ilmekad portreed ja sisekaemuslikud hetketabamused. (Lilian Langsepp, Muusika, 8−9 / 2008, Estonia)
Books, journals, newspapers
Thousand Faces of Buddhism (‘Tuhandenäoline budism’), album (book), co-author Tiit Pruuli, publishing house Tammerraamat, 2007. Download first pages, pdf, 19 MB; download: poster, pdf, 3250 KB
Serial Oriental Hour (‘Orientaaltund’), Diivan, 2001 / 2002
To Siberia, Voluntarily (‘Siberisse, vabatahtlikult’), Pegasus, 2018/2022, Estonia
The Silk Road: 25000 km in 3 Months (‘Siiditeel 3 kuuga 25000 kilomeetrit’), album (book), publishing house Pilgrim.
Ring ümber Aafrika (‘African round’), book, publishing house Go Reisiraamat
Multi-media, CDs, DVDs, TV-documentaries
List of main works
Discography
Press resonance
Biography
Wikipedia in English, German, Ukrainian, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, Azerbaijani