Happiness
Finland is the world's happiest country for the 6th straight year. These are some of the stories behind the everyday happiness of regular Finns. It consists of connections to oneself, others and nature.
PHOTOGRAPHER
SAKARI PIIPPO
BIOSakari Piippo (b. 1981) is a documentary photographer, writer and filmmaker based in Helsinki. He concentrates in his work on building archives to serve as meeting places for utopian imaginations.
His first book, Some Observations on the Political System of Finland (Kosmos, 2019), was awarded Most Beautiful Book of the Year in Finland and shown as a solo exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography. It opened a trilogy on the material and ideological substrate of the Finnish welfare state, continuing with Table of Elements (Khaos Publishing, 2026), and concluding later with Encyclopedia Fennica.
Piippo holds a master's in visual journalism from the University of Tampere and a bachelor's in literature from the University of Oulu, and has studied visual storytelling at the Danish School of Media and Journalism and writing at the Critical Academy.
Prints and framed works are available through his shop, Pieni taidekauppa. Studio portraits also available on commission.
His first book, Some Observations on the Political System of Finland (Kosmos, 2019), was awarded Most Beautiful Book of the Year in Finland and shown as a solo exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography. It opened a trilogy on the material and ideological substrate of the Finnish welfare state, continuing with Table of Elements (Khaos Publishing, 2026), and concluding later with Encyclopedia Fennica.
Piippo holds a master's in visual journalism from the University of Tampere and a bachelor's in literature from the University of Oulu, and has studied visual storytelling at the Danish School of Media and Journalism and writing at the Critical Academy.
Prints and framed works are available through his shop, Pieni taidekauppa. Studio portraits also available on commission.
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