I’m a Finnish photojournalist and documentary photographer with over ten years’ experience covering stories both in Finland and internationally. Working with media, NGOs, and news agencies, my assignments range from covering humanitarian issues, conflict, and crises in places like Somalia, Syria, South Sudan, and Ukraine, to documenting life closer to home. I also have experience assisting international media as a photographer-fixer in Finland.

Photography, for me, is always a dialogue—an exchange between the subject, the viewer, and myself. I look for nuance, aiming to reflect realities that are easily overlooked, sometimes through quiet humour, sometimes through tougher truths. My goal isn’t just to present images, but to prompt questions and hopefully foster a slightly deeper understanding of the world we share.

Beyond taking pictures, I regularly contribute articles and columns on visual culture, journalism ethics, media critique, and press freedom. You can find my regular column in Finland’s Journalisti magazine. Occasionally, I lecture on responsible photojournalism, conflict reporting, and the freedom of speech—because good journalism, like good photography, thrives on thoughtful conversation.

I studied photojournalism at Tampere University. Recognising the demands of certain assignments, I also keep my hostile environment and emergency first aid qualifications current. 

My work has been published by outlets including The New York Times, BBC, Le Temps, Bloomberg, Haaretz, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Condé Nast Traveller, Helsingin Sanomat, and Suomen Kuvalehti.

My work has been recognised with four News Photo of the Year awards (politics in 2018, 2019, 2023; climate protests in 2022) and Sports Photo of the Year in 2024 for an image from women’s football training in Kenya. I was also part of the group awarded the Suomen Kuvalehti Journalist Award in 2020 for the collaborative State of Emergency project during the pandemic.

If you're working on something meaningful, I’d be interested to hear from you—whether it’s to discuss photography, commission an assignment, request an article, or collaborate on a project. Let’s talk.