Henrietta Soininen

Photographer

Bio

Henrietta Soininen is a documentary photographer based in Tampere, Finland. In her personal work she focuses on social thematics related to human rights, immigration and equality.

Role

Documentary photographer

Nationality

Finnish

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If i scream hopefully they'll hear me

If I Scream Hopefully They'll Hear Me

In art, does it even matter whether an image is fictional or documentary? Testimonies of sexual harassment were used as a tool to address a linguistic problem related to criminal terminology.

Project by Henrietta Soininen
Sex workers

Sex Workers

In Chile, selling and buying sex is legal. The women I photographed were all from Colombia or Ecuador. Many immigrants are sex workers, as the minimum wage is too low for them to support their families.

Project by Henrietta Soininen
Skin color (Color piel)

Skin Color (Color Piel)

"Skin color" is a series of portraits which seek to debate the use of the term "skin color" for a specific color and not as a concept that covers a large gamma of tones.

Project by Henrietta Soininen
The missing trash bins (Los basureros desaparecidos)

The Missing Trash Bins (Los Basureros Desaparecidos)

In Santiago de Chile a bomb was placed in a trash bin at Escuela Militar metro station and the explosion left 15 person injured. Later all the trash bins were removed.

Project by Henrietta Soininen