Outdoor Spring-Summer 2019.
Client: Intersport International: Nina Mueller
INTERSPORT is the world's leading sporting goods retailer. Present in more than 40 countries with 5500 stores.
My brief was to bring Intersport’s outdoor visuals more character and "realness": let the people and outdoor moments do the "talking". One of the best shoots ever.
I really enjoyed to be part of this project. Enough artistic freedom inside the brief to create stunning photos. Agency and client trusted my vision and my way to approach to this whole photoshoot. Talents were very focused, lively and had really positive attitude. it was easy to get the best out of them.
3 very physical shooting days in a amazing South Africa. Enjoyed every minute of it. Have to say this shoot got best out of me too. These photos are used internationally in Intersport Spring-Summer 2019 campaigns.
Photos: Antti Rastivo, Style: Sofia Oksanen, Hair & Make-up: Neveen Scello, Photo assistant: Marnus Meyer
Agency: Heku Group: Sanni Suhonen, Eelis Sormunen.
Shots from selected projects.
My third photoshoot for Patagonia in 2017. We went all the way to the Las Buitreras – Patagonia, Argentina with Jasper Pääkkönen a Patagonia brand ambassador. It was a great honour to spend a week by the river of Rio Gallegos with a best crew. Here are some of my favourite ones.
Location: Las Buitreras – Patagonia, Argentina.
My greatest gratitude and thank you: Jasper, Patagonia, Rickard, Solid Adventures, Tres Amigos Outfitters
I spent a week with my “Oregon family”. We mostly spent our time outdoors. Besides being lovely people they also make the best coffee in the world. https://www.heartroasters.com
Photoshoot for Patagonia fall 2018. We went to Finnmark – Norway with Jasper Pääkkönen: a Patagonia brand ambassador. Good times, amazing nature.
Location: Finnmark-Norway
Don't choke
(#dontchoke) when your campaign reaches 4.3m Finnish people out of 5.5m. Thanks to important message of sustainable future with Neste's renewable energy solutions delivered with a world-class messenger, NBA player Lauri Markkanen (Chicago Bulls) and the dream team of people combining the two. The results were outstanding on every level. When a project is this powerful, you do not feel small even next to 2.13 m tall Lauri. All the photographs and film direction is by me.
Lauri Markkanen, the best NBA player in Finnish history X Neste
It was a great pleasure to shoot with the Zoco Home founders in picturesque Marrakech. My aim was to bring a human spirit in to Zoco Homes visual story telling.
Zoco Home is specialized in Contemporary Ethnic interiors and draws its style from Ethnic design with a Scandinavian elements.
I did this photoshoot for Patagonia in rural Bolivia. Patagonia is the internationally renowned designer of outdoor clothing and gear and a lover of the wild and beautiful places of the world. This was my second time on a fly fishing trip with Jasper Pääkkönen, a film actor, fly fisherman and a fish activist and a brand ambassador for Patagonia.
I have traveled to places near and far, but this was one of the most spectacular trips and photoshoots that I have ever done. We spent a week in Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (Tipnis), a protected area in the Sub-Andean strip of the tropical Andes between Peru and Bolivia. Talk about a place where very few men have gone before. One of the highlights of the trip was the Tsimané, the nomads of the area, who acted as our guides when we took a canoe and camping trip to the untouchable wilderness in the Agua Negra river.
My greatest gratitude and thank you: Jasper, Patagonia, Rickard, Solid Adventures, Marcelo, Tsimane lodge.
My first photoshoot for Patagonia, the internationally renowned designer of outdoor clothing and gear and a lover of the wild and beautiful places of the world. And my first time on a fly fishing trip with Jasper, a film actor, fly fisherman and a fish activist and a brand ambassador for Patagonia.
It was a great honour to spend a week in total wilderness with a great crew. No, I did not take part in the fishing, as I wanted to focus fully on capturing the stories around this engaging sport and lifestyle and the amazing surroundings we were in. Location: Sidorovka river in Kola Peninsula, Russia. Thank you for the hospitality The Varzina River company.
Makwan Amirkhani immigrated from Iran to Finland when he was a child. Today he is one of most well known UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) fighters in the europe. Amirkhani acted as the brand ambassador for Sokos, a major Finnish department store chain in 2017. Styling: Sofia Oksanen. Locations: Ireland, Dubai, Finland.
Intensive and very fruitful eight day photoshoot in New York in a spring 2016. A special thank you to our ambassadors: Yasmin Janatuinen, Kasperi Kropsu, Konsta Linkola & Roope Salminen.