Annukka Pakarinen

ANNUKKA PAKARINEN
pakarinenannukka@gmail.com
+358 50 381 0143

I’m a freelance photographer and videographer based in Helsinki, Finland.
I’m focused on portraits, photo essays and reportage. Besides still photography, I love filmmaking.

I have worked for Autism Foundation, Alvar Aalto Foundation, Asun magazine, Demos Helsinki, Deko magazine, Helsingin Sanomat, University of Helsinki, Image magazine, Kaskas, Kodin Kuvalehti magazine, Kone Foundation, The Children and Youth Foundation, Mirum Agency, SEK, Suomen Kuvalehti magazine, Veikkaus (Inhimillisiä uutisia Magazine) among others.

In addition to assignments, I work on a long-term personal projects. Right now I’m doing a documentary photography project about Hyperemesis gravidarum (an extreme form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy) (The arts promotion center Finland/Taike grant) and a portrait project about teenagers and they rooms (Jokes grant) and a short documentary about young adults experiencing turning points in their lives (Kone Foundation grant).

I have studied visual journalism at the University of Tampere, fine art photography at the BTK Berlin and communications and media studies at the University of Helsinki.