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- ↑ http://www.nannahanninen.com Nanna Hänninen's Official Webpage, September 2009
- ↑ Introduction to Exhibition Order & Chaos, An Essay "The Imaging of Thought and Experience In the Work of Nanna Hänninen" by Urs Stahel, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2003.
- ↑ Nanna Hänninen, recordings: An Essay "Experiences Enhance Thoughts" by Urs Stahel. Kodoji Press, 2007. ISBN 978-3-03747-000-8
- ↑ Exhibition Catalogue: Nanna Hänninen, Asymmetriske optagelser, Text by Peter Michael Hornung, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, 2008.
