About
I grew up in a small town in Finland. My father was a carpenter, and my mother stayed home to raise me and my two younger sisters.After upper secondary school, I moved away to pursue art studies, specializing in photography. Once I graduated with a BFA, I started my career as a photojournalist for a local newspaper.Between 2006-2018 I exhibited my photography projects in multiple art galleries, museums and festivals in Finland, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea, Canada and United States.For five years, I lived and worked abroad as an artist and freelancer, spending time in Bulgaria, South Korea, Germany, Morocco, and Russia, and studying in Portugal and Belgium.In 2017, I moved back to Finland and landed a job as a Creative Director in the local startup scene. Later on, I took on freelance projects and worked as a Media Producer for several years...And finally founded my own company and became a CEO.Although, I don’t see DocuLabs as a traditional company – it’s more like a sandbox where I can test my creative ideas.Basically, the company offers me a legal structure to build my projects independently.I've worked with talented freelancers, and we've published print magazines, digital books, lectures, and collaborated with thousands of photographers from all around the world.I'm very open-minded and tend to march to the rhythm of my own drum.The ability to express one's thoughts and ideas freely is something I strongly stand for.Finally, being independent is one of my core values. It serves as a fundamental principle that guides my actions and decisions.DocuLabs is 100% bootstrapped, which means that it has been founded and developed without external funding. Instead, it operates solely on the revenue it generates.