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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJohn Coltrane in Helsinki 1961: THE START OF MY PHOTO CAREER !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have divided this website to three major segments:
EARLY YEARS: Work for fun, shooting jazzmen, girls, early fashion shots etc The period culminated in three reportage works, one in LAPLAND and others, made duringa TRAIN TRIP around Finland, Helsinki \/Kuusamo\/ Helsinki and one during my ARMY stint, the publication of my first serious reportage, after coming out of army . I forgot these two first stories and come upon them when starting to study my archives. They have never been published\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After army service , I opened a studio and started to do Commercial Reportage and Fashion work This period I call MEDIA YEARS It lasted in various forms from beginning of the 70’s up till end of 90’s . The advertising comissions I pass quietly ( it was good money, though)and concentrate on website to the more free work for artistis, musicans, fashion designers and new fantastic fashion model girls, that wanted to have a different look in their portofolio from what the other photographers were doing at that time. I have a lot of this material and I want to point out to the guys working in the photo business now: I always sold my work on single usage terms. I own the copyright to all my material, that applies of course also to this material on this website! When I was applying for a \u201cArtist\u00b4s Pension\u201d from Finnish State, the Photography Professor MERJA SALO Wrote to the committee: In Finland, History of Fashion, Design or Popular Music cannot be written without Jukka Vatanen\u00b4s Photo Images of his period\u2026 No wonder they could not refuse to give me that pension !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last segment in my career I call FINALE YEARS I started to do photographs without comission, just by my own free will, in order to keep my sanity, between the daily \u201cProfessional Studio Jobs\u201d I started to do the \u201d Grainy days\u201d Portofolio, just shooting for kicks, in B&W and in bad weather. This I see now as a \u201cKATHARSIS\u201d, cleaning my inside of all the agression and junk. I continued with Leicas, in 35mm black & white film. Street photography. Shooting everyday stuff, just for fun, honing my skills again as an observer, and having great time doing it. I have got rid of most of the professional equipment that filled my studio during the \u201cprofessional career\u201d I just have some 35mm Leicas, as my daily companions I am active also with younger LEICA users, we have in Internet a group. LSF, for \u201cLeica Shooters Finland\u201d It is a Facebok Group, Check it out !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/l_s_f\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NEWS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n My present aim is to do the material for my retrospective, both old and new material, to be presented as a multimedia work. There is still a lot to do and live ! Hope there is still days to do it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Read my memoirs online: Jukka\u2019s Better Blues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Listen to \u201cJelly Roll\u201d here: Jelly Roll My first recording \u2026 year 1964<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Listen to \u201cJukka\u2019s Better Blues\u201d here: Jukka\u2019s Better Blues<\/a> Actually my last blues, from 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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