• 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