SAMI SAARENPÄÄ
VALOKUVAAJA / PHOTOGRAPHER / SELOSTAJA/ COMMENTATOR
Jyväskylä, Finland
Two sides - one guy.
A. A photojournalist/ photographer based in Jyväskylä Finland working mostly for editorial publications.
B. A sports commentator specialized in action sports.
ssaarenpaa@yahoo.com +358 (0) 408246731
UP FOR COMMISSIONS !
A. A photojournalist/ photographer based in Jyväskylä Finland working mostly for editorial publications.
B. A sports commentator specialized in action sports.
ssaarenpaa@yahoo.com +358 (0) 408246731
UP FOR COMMISSIONS !

How did the corona pandemic affect caregivers in the spring of 2020? Marjatta Kautto is his husbands Marttis carer. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

How did the corona pandemic affect caregivers in the spring of 2020? Marjatta Kautto is his husbands Marttis carer. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

How did the corona pandemic affect caregivers in the spring of 2020? Jenni Kaistinen is the carer of her daughter Helvi who suffers MMC. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Palokka burns again. Just two years after a shopping centre burned in the centre of Palokka Jyväskylä an apartment complex for seniors burned badly right next to the previeously burned site. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Palokka burns again. Just two years after a shopping centre burned in the centre of Palokka Jyväskylä an apartment complex for seniors burned badly right next to the previeously burned site. Lauri and Anneli Mokkila live on the fifth floor but got out safely with their dog Sepi. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Palokka burns again. Just two years after a shopping centre burned in the centre of Palokka Jyväskylä an apartment complex for seniors burned badly right next to the previeously burned site. Salli and Tauno Wirtanen got out of the burning apartment safely but didnt yet know where to stay over night. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

UPM told in August of 2020 that they will be shutting down a whole paper factory in Kaipola Jämsä in a short time perioid. Disappointed workplace steward Ismo Salonen and general manager Antti Hermonen met moments before the press conference started. It was tense. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

UPM told in August of 2020 that they will be shutting down a whole paper factory in Kaipola Jämsä in a short time perioid. Mayor of Jämsä Hanna Helaste was serious at the UPM press conference. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

UPM told in August of 2020 that they will be shutting down a whole paper factory in Kaipola Jämsä in a short time perioid. Factory worker Marko Ahonen ended his shift with knowing he will loose his job. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

UPM told in August of 2020 that they will be shutting down a whole paper factory in Kaipola Jämsä in a short time perioid. CEO of UPM Jussi Pesonen shot a day after the announcement in his office in Helsinki. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

UPM told in August of 2020 that they will be shutting down a whole paper factory in Kaipola Jämsä in a short time perioid. Prime minister Sanna Marin visited Jämsä two days after the announcement. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Keskusta party congress, Oulu September 2020. Chairperson candidate Petri Honkonen rehearsed his speech in his hotel room under the eye of his campaign manager Ville Toivanen. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Keskusta party congress, Oulu September 2020. Annika Saarikko was elected to be the chairperson of the party. Incumbent Chair Katri Kulmuni lost by 1157 votes. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2020

Kids in Finland are encouraged to informal physical activity in everyday life. Seven year old Aada Laitinen and Matti Rajala skied home from school. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2019

Bird-cherry ermines worms took over alot of trees around Jyväskylä. It happened at Tuulikki Liuhas yard too. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2014

Local library of Halssila got a permission to stay open though small libraries were under a threat to be shut down. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2014

Immigration politics/ family reunification. Iranian Kurd asylum seeker Keyhan Muhammadi and Narin Moradi with their baby. Moradi has lived many years in the country but Muhammadi did not get a permission to stay in Finland and needed to return to Sweden where he first seeked for asylum. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2016

The use of grannys& grandpas in elementary schools to read fairytales for immigrant kids has helped them to acculturate to Finland. Volunteer grandpa Kari Jokinen reads to Parsa in Pupuhuhta elementary school, Jyväskylä. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2016

A reportage on the state of the lake waters around Saarijärvi area. Kids playing at lake Kiesimenjärvi. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2011

A reportage on the state of the lake waters around Saarijärvi area. Peat producer Markus Muhonen. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2011

Marjukka Perälä in her store museum. Perälä`s grandparents started the grocery store in 1955 on the island of Lehtisaari near Jyväskylä. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2018

U21 bandy final 2019 JPS - Kampparit. Saku Hämäläinen strikes a goal while flying past goalie Jere Korhonen. KESKISUOMALAINEN 2019. Bandy Federation Finland nominated the shot as the "bandy photo of the year 2019".