Toms Harjo

In the Truth* tackles a narrative of a person’s desire of belonging and his relationship with faith and religion. Efforts of living according to the principles of the Bible in a world that is vastly secular minded. The willingness of preserving and maintaining spiritual and moral cleanness in dialogue with an emotional distance towards the majority of who are not in “the truth”. This is a search for equilibrium between doubts and sterling conviction, between the self and the other, between solitude and belonging.

The locative noun “in the truth” among Jehovah’s Witnesses colloquially represents an intangible space owned by the members of the faith. For example, the question “is she in the truth” means – “is she a Jehovah’s Witness?” 

Toms Harjo  was born in 1996 and is a graduate of the ISSP 2-year programme in contemporary photography. He has a background in graphic design and currently works as a freelance photographer and video artist. Editorial assistant at FK Magazine. In early 2018, he had his first major solo show In the Truth at Kim (Riga) and, so far, has participated in several group shows, both locally and internationally.

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