About

Mikko Takkunen (b.1979, Finland) is a freelance photographer currently based in Swansea, Wales. Before taking-up photography in his mid-twenties, Mikko studied politics and international relations in Aberdeen University in Scotland. In 2006 Mikko moved to Wales to do a BA Photojournalism degree at Swansea Metropolitan University, which he graduated in 2009. So far he has worked on projects in Sierra Leone, Mexico, Lebanon, United States, UK, and his native Finland. During 2009, Mikko was awarded the Runner-Up Prize in the Guardian Student Photographer of the Year and he was also shortlisted in the student series of PDN Annual and New York Photo Awards, as well as the Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award.

(Photo: Veronica Sanchis Bencomo)