Pekka Turunen

Pekka Turunen was born in Joensuu, in the east of Finland, in 1958. He bought his first camera with his own money when he was 10 years old. He later studied photography in Helsinki, at the celebrated Helsinki School. He now lives on an old farm in Kemiö, in southwest Finland, with his photographer wife and two lively children. He is the proud owner of a tractor. He heats his house and workshop with wood.