Born in Helsinki in 1952, Markus Jokela is a photographer who has traveled the world to report on global news. Over the course of his career, he’s documented the fall of the Berlin Wall, the war in Iraq, and the Haitian earthquake of 2010, to name just a few. Despite this proximity to global moments, some of Markus’ favorite projects are the ones about everyday human life. As part of our annual collaboration with World Press Photo, Markus told the story of “Table Rock, Nebraska:” a book-length photography project in which he documented the inhabitants of a small town in America over the course of three decades. Markus has published several full length books and is the recipient of two World Press Photo awards.


B.1952 Helsinki. Writer 1982 - 1993, photo editor 1993 - 2001, photographer 2001 - 2019 at Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Helsinki.
World Press Photo 3.prize, long-term projects 2017. World Press Photo 2. prize, daily life 1993 and 2001. Photojournalist of the year in Finland 2003, 2015 and 2016. State prize in photography 1990. Individual and group exhibitions from 1987 mostly in Finland.


Books

Under a Pale Sun, 2000 Pohjoinen,
Something Happened, 2009 Musta Taide,
Table Rock, Photographs from Nebraska, 2018 Raw View Editions
Moments and Landscapes of Minor Importance, 2024 Hatje Cantz