Greetings from Finland,
Sorry for being so late with my updates. Usually the summers in Finland feel short, but this one seemed to be some sort of record. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism I moved back to Finland. I was working as a contract photographer for a news paper for two busy months and after that I’ve been writing with my thesis. Besides this I’ve been preparing myself for my upcoming long term project about the drug phenomena in Finland. I’m doing the project in collaboration with sociologist/writer Jussi Perälä, who has been investigating drug Scene of Helsinki for the past five years. I haven’t taken any photos yet, but I’ve been busy reading myself into the topic recently. The more I learn about the issue, the more absurd the whole situation seems to be…
Something about my photography: I bought my first camera quite late (around five years ago when I last visited NY). First couple of years I was real camera-geek buying all kinds of useless junk for my gear without taking that many photos. At that time my goal was to take visually stunning photos, not to tell a story. I didn’t think photography as a way to say something. This approach changed a bit in 2009 when I spent four months traveling in asia. I was still taking ¨beautiful¨ shots, but this time I was photographing people instead of flower bouquets and fruit baskets. After my Asia-journey I decided to apply for a master’s program in visual journalism and got in. After I got in I realized how little I knew about photography. I didn’t have clue about storytelling. For these couple of years I’ve been extremely lucky to be surrounded by a group of talented and motivated photographers. I’ve learned a lot, but I still feel as a beginner what comes to photography.
Lately i’ve been shooting a lot on film. I shot my first roll ever this spring using my parent’s point and shoot -camera. I was surprised how much the camera changed the way I photograph. Besides different formats, I’m interested of using all kinds of visual material in my work. I like to collect small pieces around the topic: letters, postcards, old photographs, videos etc…
Can’t wait to meet you all,
Ville
a few random images from this summer:











