Ilkka Uimonen
{{short description|Finnish photographer and photojournalist}}
Ilkka Mikael Uimonen (born 1966){{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Magnum Photos|url=https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=29YL53ZOSD3P|website=Magnum Photos}}{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Uimonen, Ilkka|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Ilkka-Uimonen/C8ADBB81C75E9A6B|website=www.mutualart.com}}{{Cite web |title=ilkka uimonen {{!}} Kuva studio |url=https://kuvastudio.online/ilkkauimonen/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |language=en}} is a Finnish photographer who has worked as a photojournalist. Uimonen's book Cycles, on Israeli–Palestinian violence, was published in 2004. He has won awards from Pictures of the Year International and World Press Photo.
Life and work
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Uimonen has been a photographer since the early 1990s, specifically 1992.{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=information about Ilkka Uimonen|url=http://kuvastudio.online/information-about-ilkka-uimonen/|website=kuvastudio.online|author=Ilkka Uimonen}} He became a nominee member of Magnum Photos{{cite news|first1=Derek|last1=Bishton|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Pixels at an exhibition|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3645118/Pixels-at-an-exhibition.html|date=15 July 2005|issn=0307-1235|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} in 2002; he is no longer a member. He has worked as a contract photographer for Newsweek.{{cite news|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=From the Editor|url=https://www.newsweek.com/editor-135641|newspaper=Newsweek|first1= Mark|last1=Whitaker|authorlink=Mark Whitaker (journalist)|date=24 August 2003}}{{cite web|first1=Michael|last1=Shaw|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Former Newsweek Editor and that "Blurry" Obama - Reading The Pictures|url=https://www.readingthepictures.org/2013/08/former-newsweek-editor-and-that-blurry-obama/|website=www.readingthepictures.org}}
Publications
=Publications by Uimonen=
- Cycles. London: Trolley, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1904563365}}.
=Publications with others=
- Off Broadway: Magnum Photographers: Christopher Anderson, Antoine D'Agata, Thomas Dworzak, Alex Majoli, Paolo Pellegrin, Ilkka Uimonen. London: Trolley, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1904563808}}.
Short films
- Regarding lower Manhattan (2014) – documentary, 25 mins
Exhibitions
- Nazar - Western eyes, Noorderlicht, Groningen, Netherlands, September–October 2004.{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Ilkka Uimonen|url=http://www.noorderlicht.com/en/archive/ilkka-uimonen/|website=Noorderlicht}}
- Off Broadway, New York City, 2004;{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Magnum Photos Photographer Profile|url=http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_9_VForm&ERID=24KL53W_0|website=Magnum Photos}} Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2005. With Thomas Dworzak, Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin.{{cite news|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=These Untitled Photos of the Republic of Congo Leave Viewers to Find Their Own Interpretations|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/08/16/alex_majoli_and_paolo_pellegrin_photograph_the_republic_of_the_congo_in.html|newspaper=Slate|date=16 August 2015|issn=1091-2339}}
- Statue, part of Red Fall, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, October 2004 – February 2005. With others.{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Ilkka Uimonen – Station Museum of Contemporary Art|url=http://stationmuseum.com/?page_id=2596|website=Station Museum of Contemporary Art}}{{cite web|first1=Craig|last1=Bunch|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=Red Fall by Craig Bunch|url=http://www.art-lies.org/article.php?id=99&issue=45&s=1|website=www.art-lies.org}}
Awards
- Second prize stories, General News category, World Press Photo, 2000 contest{{cite news|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=2000 Ilkka Uimonen GNS2-IL|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2000/general-news/ilkka-uimonen/09|newspaper=World Press Photo}}
- First Place, General Division / News Picture Story, 58th Pictures of the Year International, 2001, for "The Visit"{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=POY Winners List|url=http://www.poyi.org/58/winnerslist.html|website=Pictures of the Year International}}
- Third Place, General Division / General News, 58th Pictures of the Year International, 2001, for "Ariel Sharon Visit"
- Award of Excellence, Magazine Division / Global News, 58th Pictures of the Year International, 2001, for "Chest"
- Award of Excellence, Magazine Division / Issue Reporting Picture Story, 58th Pictures of the Year International, 2001, for "Water Crisis in India"
- Second prize stories, Spot News category, World Press Photo, 2003 contest{{cite news|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=2003 Ilkka Uimonen SNS2-AL|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2003/spot-news/ilkka-uimonen|newspaper=World Press Photo}}
- First Place, 60th Pictures of the Year International, 2003, for "Palestinian Informer's Fate"{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=POYi|url=http://www.poyi.org/60/19/1901.php|website=Pictures of the Year International}}
- Third prize stories, Spot News category, World Press Photo, 2004 contest{{cite news|accessdate=2018-07-31|title=2004 Ilkka Uimonen SNS3-AL|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2004/spot-news/ilkka-uimonen|newspaper=World Press Photo}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb name|nm6827909}}
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