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Anna Autio

The Drowned
  • Location:
    Helsinki, Finland
  • LensCulture Awards:
    Portrait Awards 2017, Finalist
  • Schools Attended:
    Aalto University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
  • Photo Associations & Memberships:
    the Finnish Photographic Artists’ Association
About Anna Autio

Anna Autio (b. 1980) is a freelance photographer based in Finland. She studied photography at the Aalto University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Her work centers on portraits and documentaries for magazines, NGOs, and on her personal art projects, with a focus on social issues and phenomena. Since 2004 she has taken part in several exhibitions in Finland and abroad.

Featured on LensCulture
  • Portrait Awards 2017
  • The Drowned
    Anna Autio
    On the border of Europe lies a mass grave: the Mediterranean. This series presents objects found on the bodies of drowned refugees in an effort to humanize the numbing statistics. 
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Anna Autio's Projects on LensCulture