Meeri Koutaniemi, 30-old Finnish photographer, was born in Lapland and lives currently between Helsinki and Mallorca. Koutaniemi is focused on political and social issues concerning human rights, questions of identity and resilience.
Koutaniemi has worked as a photographer and journalist in over 50 countries and filmed documentary movies in Bolivia, Mexico and Palestine.
In 2012 and 2013 Koutaniemi was selected in Finland as the Photographer of the Year and won the category of Foreign Reportage with her reportage Taken about female genital mutilation. Taken was selected as the winner of FREELENS Award in the LUMIX Photo Festival 2014 in Germany.
Koutaniemi was a founder member in an Italian Photo Agency Echo and belongs to Finnish Collective 11. In 2012 Koutaniemi received the Memorial Award of Tim Hetherington in United States and the Memorial Award of Carina Appel in Finland 2013. In 2014 Koutaniemi was selected as a participant to Joop Swart Masterclass in Holland.
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