- Wildlife Photographer
- Co-founder of the Birdphoto.fi website
- Full-time wildlife photographer, specialized in bird photography, since 2005
- Bird photography since 1988
- Master of Science, Economics 1987
- Born in 1960
Awards
- Glanzlichter 2008 (Germany) - Highly Commended in Animals of the Mountains
- IWP 2007 (UK) - Runner up in Birds in flight
- GDT 2007 (Germany) - Highly Commended in Bird category
- IWP 2006 - Winner in Portfolio and Birds in flight, Runner up in Bird Behaviour and Highly Commended in Bird Behaviour
- Birdwatch Digital Photography Awards 2006 (UK) - Winner in the category open for all (Birds of the world)
- GDT 2006 - two Highly Commended in Bird category, one HC in Animal Behaviour
- GDT 2005 - Runner up in Bird category, and the overall public favourite (winner of over 6000 pictures)
- IWP 2004 - Category winner in Portfolio and Runner up in Birds in habitat
- IWP 2003 - International Wildbird Photographer of the Year
- Finnish Wildlife Photographer of the year - Five Highly Commended
Publications
- Thousands of published bird photographs in Finnish and international bird books and magazines (mainly UK, Spain, France and Germany)
- First own book, March 2007: a visual journey into the lives of birds by water, combining photography by Markus Varesvuo and paintings by Jari Kostet ("Lintuvesien äärellä" by publisher Otava)
- Next book coming out in Autumn 2008: "Survivors - Birds of ice and snow" (published by WSOY)
- Candid Photographer Portfolio Interview in the Birds Illustrated (UK) in Autumn 2007
- "Blick über die Schulter", a 16-page portfolio Forum Naturfotografie (Germany) 2006/3
- In the past 2 years inter alia:
13 Birdwatch magazine covers;
3 Bird Watching magazine covers
6 double pages in the BBC Wildlife magazine's Highlight of the Month column
Member of the Wild Wonders of Europe team of photographers
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