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Karoliina Paatos

  • Location:
    Rovaniemi, Finland
  • Schools Attended:
    University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
    Aalto University School of Art and Design
  • Photo Associations & Memberships:
    Photographic Artists’ Association Finland
    The Finnish Association of Photojournalists (FAP)
    Artists' Association of Lapland
    PBFF (Photobooks From Finland)
About Karoliina Paatos

I am a photographer and artist living in Rovaniemi. I work mainly in Finland and in the USA. I frequently publish artist's books and my first monograph American Cowboy by The Angry Bat in 2016 won The Most Beautiful Book of the Year award and my second photobook Heroes (2021 by the Angry Bat) Artist Edition won The Best Design Award. For the past eighteen years I have been covering subjects all over the world for the biggest magazines and newspapers in Finland. I have graduated from Aalto University's MA program in Photography and Documentary Film and University of Arizona's MFA program. I frequently exhibit my work in solo and group shows and publications.

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  • American Cowboy
    Karoliina Paatos
    This masterfully constructed photobook both pierces our childhood fantasy of the cowboy and reveals a more nuanced, complex, beautiful contemporary reality.
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