Meeri Koutaniemi | |
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 Meeri Koutaniemi in Kiasma, February 2016. | |
| Born | 1 November 1987 |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater | Tampere University |
| Known for | Photography. |
Meeri Koutaniemi (born 1987) [1] is a Finnish photographer and journalist. Koutaniemi is known for her reportages and portraits on issues concerning human rights, minorities and empowerment. [2]
Koutaniemi was born in Kuusamo. After comprehensive school, she moved from Kuusamo to Oulu to study theatre in upper secondary school. After living six months in Oulu she moved to Helsinki, where she studied music and dance at The Sibelius Upper Secondary School. She has studied photojournalism at The University of Tampere. [3]
Since 2011, Koutaniemi has been travelling and working around the world, such as in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Koutaniemi is a founder member of an Italian Photo Agency Echo and Finnish Collective 11. [4]
Koutaniemi is partly of Romani descent, and according to a DNA test she took in 2018, she also has Central Asian and Eskimo ancestry. [5] [6]
Koutaniemi has won several awards in Annual Press Photo Competition by Finnish Press Photographers’ Association. In 2012, she won the portrait of the year award. In 2013, Koutaniemi won six categories in Annual Press Photo Competition: photographer of the year, multimedia of the year, photo of the year, foreign reportage of the year, portrait of the year and people's choice. [4] In 2014, she won in two categories: photographer of the year and foreign reportage of the year. [7]
In 2014, Koutaniemi won the Visa D'or Daily Press Award in Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, France, and Freelens Award in Lumix Photo Festival in Hannover, (Germany) with her reportage about female genital mutilation of two maasai girls. [8] Reportage was published in a Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in 2014 and it provoked a lot of discussion. [9] UNICEF Finland was among those who criticised the publishing of the series in the media, [10] but the photographs received an honourable mention at the Photo of the Year competition organised by UNICEF Germany. Reportage was also published in Time article. [11]
Since March 2016, Koutaniemi has been dating the rock musician Sami Yaffa. [12] They announced their relationship in July 2016, [13] got engaged in July 2017 and married in September 2017 on Majorca, Spain. [14]
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... hänessä on pisara romanilaisverta.
... Koutaniemi päätti äskettäin tehdä itselleen DNA-testin. ... Minulla on keskiaasialaista verta sekä myös eskimoverta.
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