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GRADUATE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ONLINE 2011

Ossi Piispanen

'I doubt we'll meet again'

Almost all the images Ossi Piispanen takes appear to be portraits. However, rather than trying to document how people really are, the subjects he depicts are there to tell a story. The characters are created intuitively and the subject matter derives from his surroundings and from everyday life; the places he goes, the people he meets and the things he sees. This project took place in Marseille where he arranged short meetings with strangers to take their portraits; he created a paradox between reality and fiction. The images are a rich visual photographic document of people more or less in their natural surroundings.

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Current Course:

Swansea Metropolitan University  BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts

Lowri  Davies • Natalie  Davies • Rachael  DelaCourt • Sarah Naomi  Dunstan • Pål Henrik  Ekern • Irene  Fearnside • Hywel Harris • Karen  Harvey • Marie  Helgesen • Philip  McAthey • Sam  Mills-Williams • Zara  Noble • Ossi  Piispanen • Kevin  Ryan • Thomas Daniel  Smith • Laura  Wright •

Courses:

Blackpool and the Fylde College
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography

Mid Cheshire College
Foundation Degree Contemporary Photography

University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography

Cleveland College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography

De Montfort University
BA (Hons) Photography and Video

University of Derby
BA (Hons) Photography

Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography

IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography

Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography

University College Falmouth
BA (Hons) Photography

University for the Creative Arts Farnham
BA (Hons) Photography

Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography

Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media

Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media (Part Time)

Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography

Hereford College of Arts
FDA Photography

Kingston University London
BA (Hons) Photography

London College of Communication
BA (Hons) Photography

The National College of Art & Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging

University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Photographic Art

University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography

Portsmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography

Staffordshire University
FDA Creative & Cultural Industries, Digital Media

Swansea Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts

Swansea Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photojournalism

University of Ulster
BA (Hons) Photography

Categories:

Documentary/Photojournalism

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Commercial/Fashion

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Landscape

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Portraiture

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Staged/Constructed

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Urban/Suburban Landscape

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