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Self Portrait.

I rarely show my mug anywhere because I don't think it's relevant in any way. If it's about my photographs, they should suffice. There has been exceptions of course, like my book, but not many. Today, there is one. Don't get used to these, this won't happen again anytime soon.

This is for an article in Suomen Kuvalehti, a prestigious 101 year old weekly newsmagazine in Finland. For me, this publication is one of the cornerstones of journalism in the country. They ran a piece on their "Hän" (Him/Her) series, in my case it meant a six page interview of, well... me. I am very proud of appearing on their pages. Finnish only.

My job was to take the main photo of me myself. They don't usually do it like that but in my case they made the call to break the pattern. On one hand it was a relief because I don't like being on that side of the lens, it gets uncomfortable fast. But being alone and in control it was a little easier, while on the other hand it was quite horrifying since I wasn't quite sure my ideas would really work. This is not what I intended to do, you see. In the end, I decided to go the easy way and just make a follow-up to the photo I made a couple of weeks earlier, I parked the X-wing back where it was, where I knew it looked nice, and took a selfie. Simple! It turned out better than my initial idea anyway.

Taken on: September 4, 2017

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