Jussi Aalto (born 21 September 1945) is a
Finnish photographer and photography teacher from
Helsinki, best known for his portrait photographs. He served as the chairman of the
Kameraseura photography club from 2002 to 2006. In 1978[1] and 1985 Aalto was awarded the State Arts Prize for photography. In 2006 he was awarded an artist's pension.[2]
Aalto has held over 50 photography exhibitions, most of them in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland, but also a few abroad. Aalto has written seven books. From 1969 to 1970 he served as the editorial secretary of the Kamera magazine.
Exhibitions
Tärähtäneitä valokuvia, Studio of the Museum of Photography 1973
Muotokuvia, Amos Anderson Art Museum 1986
Pildistamise rõõm, Uue Kunsti Muuseum,
Pärnu,
Estonia 2001-2002
Tärähtäneitä valokuvia, Studio of the Museum of Photography 2005
Rion pintaa, Photography Centre of Southeastern Finland 2006
Valokuva on - Jussi Aallon retrospektiivi, Galleria Luova 2008
Hei, me näppäillään together with
Sakari Pälsi, Photography Centre of Southeastern Finland 2016
Photography exhibition, Museum of Moden Art,
Minsk,
Belarus 2016
Bibliography
Suomalaisia, self-published 1977
Kohteena ihminen, muotokuvauksen opas,
Weilin & Göös 1984