Esa Ylijaasko

Esa Ylijaasko (1989) is a documentary photographer originally from a small northern town of Keminmaa, Finland.

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What’s photography. It’s the question that I’ve been asking myself for years.

Questions are the same reason why I’m photographing. To find answers – that I would be able to understand more of the human kind ? I would like to see the subject that I’m photographing but that could be an illusionary attempt.

I photograph because I have questions but no answers. The question will be the answer.

Esa Ylijaasko (1989) is a documentary photographer originally from a small northern town of Keminmaa, Finland. After graduating from Jyväskylä College of Arts he started working for newspapers in Finland and Chile.

Esa’s personal projects lead him to Russia, Spain and Turkey. Since 2012, he has concentrated on a personal, in-depth documentary project on the victims of the Syrian Civil War.

His images can be found in publications like The New York Times, VICE, Suomen Kuvalehti and Huvudstadbladed.

He won the Magnum Photos Showcase in November 2012 and Gomma Grant 2016.

He's in VII Photo mentor program

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