Press photography for Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's largest daily newspaper. Based in Berlin, I covered politics, culture, and daily life in Germany for Finnish readers, working closely with correspondent Hanna Mahlamäki, now Head of the Politics Desk.
The work spans the Kabul evacuation at Ramstein Air Base, the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, Palestine-demonstrations, Arab clan criminality, Victory Day commemorations, and portraits of politicians, artists, and activists.
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Linus Lewandowski, Warsaw, 2020 / Homokomando training session under Świętokrzyski Bridge, Warsaw, 2020
Police stand in paint splatter outside Liebig34, Berlin, 2020 / Police special forces on the rooftop of Liebig34 during the eviction operation, Berlin, 2020
Economist Aaron Benanav at his home in Berlin, 2021 / Aaron Benanav, Berlin, 2021
US Air Force spokesperson addresses media at Ramstein Air Base during the Afghanistan evacuation operation, 2021 / Media photographers document a US soldier entertaining Afghan evacuee children at Ramstein Air Base, 2021
An Afghan girl looks out from a bus window on arrival at Ramstein Air Base, 2021 / US military police patrol the tarmac at Ramstein Air Base during the Afghanistan evacuation operation, 2021
Armed US soldiers on the tarmac at Ramstein Air Base, 2021 / Afghan evacuees in the tent camp at Ramstein Air Base, 2021
Afghan sisters at Ramstein Air Base, 2021 / A US soldier plays football with Afghan evacuee children at Ramstein Air Base, 2021
SPD supporter at an Olaf Scholz campaign rally, Berlin, 2021 / Olaf Scholz on the campaign trail, Berlin, 2021
Cristian Accordo, founder of Tom Hemps, at his CBD store in Berlin, 2021 / Trimming home-grown cannabis buds in a Berlin apartment, 2021
Lisa, a daily cannabis user who asked to be identified only by her first name, at a café in Berlin, 2021 / Composer and pianist Iiro Rantala in the orchestra pit during rehearsals for Zaubermelodika at Komische Oper Berlin, 2021
Librettist Minna Lindgren during rehearsals for Zaubermelodika at Komische Oper Berlin, 2021 / Minna Lindgren and Iiro Rantala in the auditorium of Komische Oper Berlin, 2021
Guntram Weber, born into the Nazi Lebensborn programme, at a cemetery in Berlin, 2021 / Guntram Weber on his weekly walk through a Berlin cemetery, 2021
Helsingin Sanomat, Ulkomaat section front page, 4 September 2021 / Jiri Kupiainen, Finnish entrepreneur, outside a sauna in Prenzlauer Berg for a Helsingin Sanomat profile on startup culture, Berlin, 2022
Islam scholar Ralph Ghadban at his home in Berlin, 2022 / Ralph Ghadban, who spent years under police protection following death threats, at his home in Berlin, 2022
Mohamed Chahrour, actor and podcaster, grew up in one of Berlin's most scrutinised Arab clan families, Tempelhof, Berlin, 2022 / Mohamed Chahrour, whose surname alone has cost him work and drawn repeated police attention, Tempelhof, Berlin, 2022
Mohamed Chahrour at a shisha bar in Tempelhof, the kind of venue routinely raided by Berlin police as suspected money-laundering operations, Berlin, 2022 / Petryšyn sisters in front of a Ukrainian flag, Berlin, 2022
A mother and child wait with a handwritten sign for Ukrainian refugees arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof, March 2022 / The welcome tent for Ukrainian refugees outside Berlin Hauptbahnhof viewed from inside the station, March 2022
Ukrainian refugees, including the Petryšyn sisters, at an anti-war demonstration near the Siegessäule, Berlin, March 2022 / The Petryšyn sisters at an art sale raising funds for the Ukrainian army, Berlin, 2022
Tatjana Müller, who described Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a war against Nazis, sings during Victory Day commemorations at Treptower Park, Berlin, May 2022 / A woman raises her hand at the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park during Victory Day commemorations, Berlin, May 2022. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the annual gathering has since been banned by Berlin authorities.
Aleksandra, a former Sputnik journalist who left Russian state media after Navalny's arrest, photographed anonymously in Berlin, 2022 / Aleksandra at a café in Berlin, 2022
Timo Miettinen, Finnish art collector and businessman, at Salon Dahlmann in Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2023 / The private apartment and art salon of Timo Miettinen at Marburger Strasse 3, a neo-Renaissance building with a complex Jewish history, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2023
The architect behind the restoration of Marburger Strasse 3 in the salon, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2023 / The restored grand salon at Marburger Strasse 3, featuring original 19th century details, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2023
Timo Miettinen at Salon Dahlmann, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2023 / Jiri Kupiainen, Finnish entrepreneur, outside a sauna in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2022
Benjamin Fink, who glued himself to airport runways and threw mashed potato at a Monet painting to protest government inaction on climate change, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 2022 / Benjamin Fink, climate activist and member of Letzte Generation, at the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 2022
Mila Moisio at her studio in Berlin, photographed for Sanoma/UPM, 2023 / Mila Moisio, founder of Tauko magazine, photographed for Sanoma/UPM, Berlin, 2023
An Iraqi asylum seeker at Eisenhüttenstadt reception centre uses Google Translate to explain why he fled Iraq, Germany, 2021 / Asylum seekers wait in the courtyard of the Eisenhüttenstadt reception centre, eastern Germany, 2021. Many had crossed the Belarus-Poland border after weeks of violence and deprivation.
Austrian military analyst Gustav Gressel, European Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, 2022 / Mikko Koskinen, co-founder of Kyrö Distillery, passes an order to a Wolt courier from the company's Berlin store, 2021
Palestinian flags draped over a monument at Hermannplatz during a pro-Palestine demonstration, Neukölln, Berlin, May 2021 / Demonstrators at a pro-Palestine march in Berlin, May 2021, one of dozens held across Europe on the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba
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