MIKKO WALTARI (b. 1966 in Turku) is a Finnish photographer, MA. Before turning to arts, he was selling construction materials to Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States for over twenty years. Mikko got his MA-degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2017 and he now works as a freelance artist in Finland and Lithuania. He is a member of Photographic Artists’ Association in Finland, Photographic Centre Peri (Turku Finland), and Lithuanian Photographers’ Association.

"I am interested in the changes that happened in European social and political values during the past three decades. My approach could be considered documentary or half-documentary while my technique is post-documentary. I have adapted the practices of scientific verisimilitude, documentary theatre, and documentary film into my process to allow myself the freedom of creativity while aiming at the maximum truthlikeness. Nevertheless, I accept the fact that photographic representation of reality is always subjective."