Aapo Huhta awarded Young Nordic Photographer of the Year
Huhta's exhibition can be seen in Fotografiska in the summer 2016.
Young Nordic Photographer of the Year 2015 was awarded by Fotografiska, the museum of photography in Stockholm. The award is valued at EUR 10,000. Huhta will also get his own exhibition to Fotografiska next summer.
Huhta received the award for his graphic pictures of New York, which were gathered in a book named Block. The pictures were taken in the spring of 2014 when Huhta was finalizing his Master's studies at the Aalto University School of Arts, Department of Media.
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