april candles

april 2013 i'm sitting inside the big building made out of bricks. the exhibition goes on, the weather is super hot and i'm reading a book by tove jansson. we spent last night at the beach, my love...

two digital photographs

two photographs from the last day of may. the evening was so incredibly beautiful and i decided to go out for a photoshoot, an anlogue one. i went to a nearby school (a steiner-school) who's yard...

exhibition day one.

. first of all, i'm a bit ashamed over the fact that these photos are from my instagram, but anyway. yesterday was the first opening hours of my exhibition, mama borrowed me her ipad in case i'd...

four days in helsinki. work, entrance exams and the grand opening.

helsinki in bloom. the most hectic week in a very long time has passed. entrance exams are over, work is done and the exhibiton has officially opened. i'm very pleased with everything, and really...

närvarande läsnä (present)

so here it is, the poster for the exhibition. i'm very pleased, it's a lot better than the last poster i made two years ago (remember?). i'm off to sweden on friday morning. we're about to meet up...

spring photographs and a diy negative scanner

i always scan my negatives when i visit helsinki. since my old teacher and i are such good buddies nowadays he lets me lend the scanner every now and then. last time i visited helsinki (read more)...

summer colors

a bunch of photographs from two summers ago. i'm so much looking forward to put my naked feet on the ground and let the tiny stones and grass caress them, long evenings and early nights with lots...

april selfie.

what a crazy week it has been. lots of last minute photographing, developing, celebrating my beloved lil' brothers 11th birthday, traintrip to helsinki, all in all 16 hours in the darkroom on only...

my beautiful grandma and a long dead relative in the background

lot's of stuff going on nowadays. i've been doing lots of skateboarding, developing filmrolls, purchasing a birthday gift for my little brother, scanning negatives, fetching photographic papers...

swiming among stars

it's finally on the right spot. my lovely humpback whale swiming underneath my wonderful big dipper. my friend, the tattooatist, is a genious when it comes to reality and details. i'm so pleased.

birthday tulips and a selfie

my beautiful friends gave me red tulips on my birthday. selfie from my grandma's house in turku. went to helsinki yesterday morning. met my old teacher, my adorable old teacher, heaps of friends...

botanical garden, july 2012

we spent our two days in gothenburg city on a lawn at the botanical garden and inside the enormous greenhouse. i suddenly got super interested in who you guys are who read this blog. could you...

ocean x three

we travelled mostly on big roads far away from the coastline but when we got to ystad we finally got to see the ocean. ocean, any type at all, is so dear to me. i remember how my heart ached when...

my beautiful mom, february 2011

dark brown hair, eyes gray as the ocean, freckels spread all over her body. a man once asked her if she were soutamerican please everyone, watch this.

digital snapshot from may 2012.

photographed an event for a newspaper last spring. here's a snapshot from the event. developed one roll of film few hours ago. how i love the smell of fresh developed film.

ystad, july 2012

in july last summer, my love and i went on a roadtrip through sweden and denmark. we slept almost every night in a tent and although it was in the middle of summer, it was very cold. some days felt...

apple tree blossoms

this is a picture shot in may 2011, a day when our apple tree had started to bloom. i had the opportunity to take care of a big format sinar camera for four months that spring. the camera takes...

freckles

my freckles never left me, i'm so glad for that. when i was younger my freckles always appeared when the sun came out, and i wished they'd never go away but they did along with the summersun. but...

brighton beach victoria australia, november 2011

i sure do miss australia. i miss the ocean and all the smells that country has. i miss my love. couldn't you peeps share some of your nicest stories with me?

plant, december 2012

this is our plant who lives in the ceiling above our big bed. it's magical to lie on the bed, beneath the plant, watching it before you fall asleep. had two crazy days in helsinki. now i'm back...

turning 21

made a dress out of a piece of very old marimekko fabric a week ago. like it alot. last saturday, february 9th, i turned 21. happy birthday to me.

my love in january 2011 and i in october 2012

life is bliss.

november melancholiy and our kitchen one december morning.

the sun has returned and the days are slowly getting longer, our windows are full of frost and the night sky is full of bright stars. our kitchen is ready (if you're interested you can take a look...

seaweed, november 2012

walked on the shore line with my love in early november.

jenni, august 2008

one of my most beloved friends has moved to the country known for it's mountains and fjords, norway. i miss her heaps already. this photo is from my first selfdeveloped roll of black and white film...

digital selfportrait from barcelona, may 2012

my mom and i went to barcelona last spring. spent two and a half days there eating heaps of good food and drinking loads of sangria. i'd like to go back. there's been a lot of finnish bloggers...

my love, october 2012

new years eve tomorrow. we've moved in to our new house and everything is slowly coming together! our bedroom is a jungle/fairylight room with heaps of candles and a fireplace, the kitchen is about...

astrid, august 2012

my beautiful friend astrid and i had a photoshoot in august earlier this year..

a 6x7 selfportrait from early august 2012

my love and i went for a swim one august evening. i've been longing for one selfportrait with both water and forest for a long time and this particular evening was perfect for the shoot. what are...

kino format stillife, may 2011