Jaakko Kahilaniemi

Photographer

Jaakko Kahilaniemi (b. 1989, Toijala, Finland) received his MA in photography from Aalto University in Helsinki Finland. He won the prestigious ING Unseen Talent Award Jury Prize in 2018 and Majaoja/Backlight–prize in 2017. He was selected as the Lens Culture Emerging Talents in 2017. He was also one of the ten finalists in Hyéres Festival and in Fotofestiwal Łódź 2018. His work has been featured in many publications, including Eikon Magazine, Der Grief and HANT Magazine. He has been exhibiting his work at various galleries and institutions throughout Finland, the US, the UK, France, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Latvia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Croatia.