Based in Finnish Lapland, I am a photographer and a journalist working in the Arctic.
My base of operations is in the middle of Lapland at Pyhätunturi, Pelkosenniemi.
My work is centered on reportage, portraits and longer documentary projects. I am of course open to all sorts of different assignments. Recently my main clients have been Helsingin Sanomat, Suomen Kuvalehti and Seura-magazine.
I studied photojournalism in the university of Tampere for a while, but ended up as a staff photographer for a regional newspaper Etelä-Saimaa in Eastern Finland. That newspaper was my real school of photojournalism. Working the daily beat, a photographer has to develop a robust quiver of skills.
After almost eight years living in the Arctic, life in this region still intrigues me in a myriad of ways and is a constant source of weird ideas, important stories and longer projects. To me Lapland seems like a fascinating mix of life in modern and more traditional, rural communities.
Contact me by email or by phone +358503545898.