Ilkka Mikael Uimonen (born 1966) is a Finnish photographer who has worked as a photojournalist. Uimonen's book Cycles, on IsraeliâÂÂPalestinian violence, was published in 2004. He has won awards from Pictures of the Year International and World Press Photo.
Life and work
Uimonen has been a photographer since the early 1990s, specifically 1992. His work has focussed heavily on conflict photography, most notably the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which formed the basis of his 2004 book Cycles. He became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2002 and has worked as a contract photographer for Newsweek.. His photojournalism has earned multiple awards from World Press Photo and Pictures of the Year International. In 2014 he directed Regarding Lower Manhattan, a 25-minute documentary.
Publications
Publications by Uimonen
Publications with others
- Off Broadway: Magnum Photographers: Christopher Anderson, Antoine D'Agata, Thomas Dworzak, Alex Majoli, Paolo Pellegrin, Ilkka Uimonen. London: Trolley, 2009. .
Short films
- Regarding lower Manhattan (2014) â documentary, 25 mins
Exhibitions
- Nazar - Western eyes, Noorderlicht, Groningen, Netherlands, SeptemberâÂÂOctober 2004.
- Off Broadway, New York City, 2004; Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2005. With Thomas Dworzak, Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin.
- Statue, part of Red Fall, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, October 2004 â February 2005. With others.
Awards
- Second prize stories, General News category, World Press Photo, 2000 contest
- First Place, General Division / News Picture Story, 58th Pictures of the Year International, 2001, for "The Visit"
- 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
- First Place, 60th Pictures of the Year International, 2003, for "Palestinian Informer's Fate"
- Third prize stories, Spot News category, World Press Photo, 2004 contest
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