Photography means more to me than just doing it: it is as important as breathing and living. Image has always been an important form of narrative but I want it to show the touch of life and humanity that define my ideas. I strive to make socially important and difficult topics approachable.
Competitions
2021 Photojournalism competiton: Reportage 2020
2020 Gomma Comepetiton Best Color Documentary work: Night River
2019 Burn Magazine, finalists for the Emerging Photographer (www.burnmagazine.org)
2019 List of 72 shortlisted winners - Anarchy - Helsinki Photo Festival
2019 Reportage of the year. ”Sound From Afar”, Suomen Kuvalehti. Edit Gaala.
2017 Siena international photo award, Title:"War Of Silence"Award:Remarkable Artwork
2016 European photography 100, 2016. (Sierra Leone ebola crisis).
2013 Valto Pernu -valokuvamaratonin voitto