Awards, Exhibitions & Press
AWARDS:
2023:
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023:
– Silver in ‘Special-Night Photography’ (Proper welcome for the Moon)
– Honorable mention in ‘Special-Night Photography’ (Moonlit Fairytale)
15th Finland International Digital Circuit 2023
– FIAP Honorable mention in Color (Road into winter magic)
– NFFF Honorable mention in Color (Road into winter magic)
2022:
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 – Gold in ‘Advertising-Travel/Tourism’ (Autumn Aurorae)
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 – shortlisted (Autumn Aurorae)
2021:
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 – Runner-Up Aurorae (Proper welcome for the Moon)
13th Finland International Digital Circuit 2021
– AFCC Honorable mention in Nature (Change of seasons)
– GPU Honorable mention in Nature (Before Darkness Falls)
2020:
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 – Winner Skyscapes (Painting the sky)
International Photography Awards 2020:
– Honorable mention in ‘Fine Art-Landscape’ (Painting the sky)
– Honorable mention in ‘Nature-Seasons ‘ (Last daylight)
12th Finland International Digital Circuit 2020 – AFCC Bronze Nature (Painting the sky)
Px3 2020 – Honorable mention in Night Photography (Change of seasons)
2019:
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019:
– Gold in ‘Nature-Seasons’ (Fence)
– Bronze in ‘Advertising-Travel/Tourism’ (Cozy cold night)
– Honorable Mention in ‘Advertising-Travel/Tourism’ (Enlightening)
4th Nordic International Digital Circuit 2019 – GPU Ribbon ‘Color’ (Winter Corona a.k.a. Enlightening)
11th Finland International Digital Circuit 2019:
– FIAP Bronze Nature (Winter Corona a.k.a. Enlightening)
– GPU Honorable mention (Winter Corona a.k.a. Enlightening)
– NFFF Honorable mention (Winter Corona a.k.a. Enlightening)
International Photography Awards 2019:
– Honorable mention in ‘Nature – Astrophotography’ (Enlightening)
– Honorable mention in ‘Nature – Landscape’ (Cozy cold night)
– Honorable mention in ‘Special – Night photography’ (Cozy cold night)
2017:
Vuoden revontulikuva 2017 – 3rd place (Purple flame)
9th Finland International Digital Circuit 2017 – PSA Silver nature (Twilight)
2016:
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 – shortlisted (Counter needles)
2014:
The EPSON International Pano Awards – Bronze Award
Bristol Salon – Honorable mention in Photo Travel (Feeling Small)
2013:
Astronomy Picture of the Day (18.12.2013)
Optical Picture of the Day (21.11.2013)
GEO.de picture of the month – printed in the GEO January issue 2013
2012:
GEO.de picture of the day (30.10.2012)
GEO.de picture of the day (29.02.2012)
Vuoden Luontokuva
– finalisti: 2019 (Aita), 2016 (Pysähtynyt), 2014 (Tuulen voimat)
– semifinalisti: 2020, 2017, 2015, 2013
EXHIBITIONS
29.09.-28.10.2018 Pohjanmaan kameraseurojen vuosinäyttely (Co-Exhibitor), Oululainen
24.01.-31.12.2017 “Talven taikaa – Magic of winter” in Hetan Majatalo, Hetta
17.01.-12.02.2017 “Revontulten lumo” in Hiirosenkoti, Lassintalo, Intiön hoivakoti, Oulu
08.04.-04.05.2016 “Four Seasons in Finland” in Tehran, Iran (Co-Exhibitor)
MENTIONS IN THE PRESS:
2023:
26.03.2023 The Times
15.02.2023 Lea (in German)
02.01.2023 spaceweather.com
2022:
08.12.2022 RTL direkt (in German)
10.10.2022 dpa (in German, in various news outlets)
17.01.2022 dpa (in German, in various news outlets)
2021:
24.08.2021 spaceweather.com
2020:
23.12.2020 BNN (in German)
19.08.2020 spaceweather.com
27.04.2020 spaceweather.com
22.03.2020 Gate7 podcast ab Minute 10:30 (in German)
29.02.2020 spaceweather.com
24.01.2020 Tähdet ja avaruus (in Finnish)
08.01.2020 Fox8 News
2019:
20.12.2019 NaturFoto (in German)
27.11.2019 PhotoWeekly (in German)
11.10.2019 nordisch.info (in German)
11.08.2019 spaceweather.com
31.05.2019: Tähdet ja avaruus
26.04.2019 spaceweather.com
22.02.2019 ARD – Wetter vor Acht
13.02.2019 spaceweather.com
2018:
12.08.2018 spaceweather.com
12.08.2018 Kaleva (in Finnish)
28.04.2018 Kaleva (in Finnish)
08.03.2018 spaceweather.com
15.01.2018 ARD (documentary on TV)
2017:
13.12.2017 spaceweather.com
10.12.2017 Nordis magazine (in German)
07.12.2017 Tähdet ja avaruus (in Finnish)
22.09.2017 BNN (in German)
27.07.2017 Arte (documentary on TV)
14.02.2017 Turun Sanomat (in Finnish)
31.01.2017 Finland, naturally
2016:
25.12.2016 Kaleva (in Finnish)
16.11.2016 Talvi-Kaleva (in Finnish – see link above)
05.09.2016 Fox8 News
2015:
30.12.2015 Yle Uutiset (in Finnish)
30.12.2015 Yle Uutiset (in Finnish)
28.04.2015 spaceweather.com
11.04.2015 spaceweather.com
04.03.2015 NBC News
2014:
06.10.2014 Guest post about Northern lights on the blog blueabaya.com
29.04.2014 spaceweather.com
09.03.2014 Kaleva (in Finnish)
21.02.2014 thisisFINLAND in English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Chinese
01.02.2014 Luontokuva magazine 1/2014 (in Finnish)
2013:
24.12.2013 Yle Uutiset (in English)
23.12.2013 Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish)
23.12.2013 Yle Uutiset (in Finnish)
19.12.2013 Petapixel
17.12.2013 Yle Uutiset (in English)
17.12.2013 Yle Uutiset (in Finnish)
11.09.2013 space.com
03.09.2013 Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish)
30.08.2013 NBC News
30.08.2013 space.com
23.08.2013 NBC News
22.08.2013 spaceweather.com
26.07.2013 Kaleva (in Finnish)
28.05.2013 Kaleva (in Finnish)
08.04.2013 space.com (image #6)
26.03.2013 National Geographics
18.01.2013 NBC News
2012:
17.10.2012 Oulu-lehti (in Finnish)
27.08.2012 Kaleva (in Finnish)
08.03.2012 NASA.gov
27.02.2012 NASA.gov
