Jussi Aalto

Born in 1945. Photographer, photography teacher, non-fiction writer.

1958 first photographs
1966–1969 advertising and press photographer at Laatukuva
1969–1970 assistant editor of Kameralehti, photography magazine
1970–1982 freelance photographer
1970–1995 photography teacher at University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki
1977–1982 picture editor of Näköpiiri, culture magazine 
1982–1996 own studio, Atelier Arkadia
1997 freelance photographer
1964 member of Kameraseura camera club
1984–1987 chairman of Nuoren Voiman Liitto culture organization 
1988–1990 chairman of Luova Klubi organization for creative advertising people 
1978, 1985 State prize for photographic artists
2002–2006 chairman of Kameraseura
2007 Lifetime artist’s pension from State of Finland

Solo exhibitions

1973 Tärähtäneitä valokuvia (Blurred photos), Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
1977 Suomalaisia (Finns), Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
1979 Jussi Aalto, Finlandia, ZPAF gallery, Krakow, Poland
1981 Valokuvan aika (Time of photography), Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
1984 Jussi Aallon valokuvia valokuvaajista (J.A.’s  photos of photographers), Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
1986 Muotokuvia (portraits),  Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
1993 Kosketus (Touch), Poem Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Helsinki, valoa ja varjoa (Helsinki, light and shadow), Cafe Aalto, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Hot Dogs, Cafe Camera, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Valokumia (Photogums), Galerie Camera, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Miehen elämä (Man’s life), Q-theater, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Vietintekijät (Urge makers), Cafe Camera, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Taiteilijamuotokuvia (Portraits of artists), Theater Avoimet Ovet, Helsinki, Finland
1999 Kesäyllätys (Summer surprise), Galerie Emerald, Helsinki, Finland
1999 Tapaus Junttila (Case Junttila), Galerie Emerald, Helsinki, Finland
2001–2002 Pildistamise rõõm (Joy of photography), Museum of Modern Arts, Pärnu, Estonia
2002 40+4, GalleriZEBRA, Karjaa, Finland
2002 Fotonäitus (Photo exhibition), Gallery Shifara, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Men at Work, Sanoma House, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Rion Pinta (Surface of Rio), Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Tärähtäneitä valokuvia (Blurred photos), Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Valokuva on valokuva on valokuva (A photograph is a photograph is a photograph), Gallery Luova.fi, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Portrait retrospective, Kotka Photography center, Finland
2012 Modern classical romantic, Another Function Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Portrait retrospective, Lapua photography center, Finland