TUOMAS UUSHEIMO PHOTO BLOG

Lento

2012-01-26T14:50:00.006+02:00

Lento-furniture by Harri Koskinen, photo shoot for Artek.

Campus library

2012-01-19T22:04:00.000+02:00

Helsinki University City Centre Campus Library in construction. Architectural design by AOA architects.

People's park in December

2011-12-29T15:12:00.002+02:00

Man with a face mask walks accross the People's park in central Shanghai in China.

Shanghai Maglev 2005 & 2011

2011-12-23T20:05:00.003+02:00

Pudong Maglev high-speed train station in Shanghai shot in 2005 and 2011, China.

Kilden stairway

2011-12-06T13:11:00.005+02:00

Stairway rail detail at Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway designed by ALA architects. For more architectural photographs on this building, please go to my Photoshelter gallery on Kilden

Kilden once more

2011-12-05T19:51:00.001+02:00

Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway designed by ALA architects.
For more architectural photographs on this building, please go to my Photoshelter gallery on Kilden

President P. E. Svinhufvud

2011-12-01T12:31:00.001+02:00

Kotkaniemi, the home of President P. E. Svinhufvud (President 1931-1937) in Luumäki, Finland.

Helsinki velodrome

2011-11-19T11:38:00.000+02:00

The Helsinki velodrome designed by Hilding Ekelund in 1930's for the Olympic games.

Kulloonportti

2011-11-15T11:47:00.001+02:00

Abandoned gas station in Espoo, Finland.

Kiosk

2011-10-30T13:54:00.000+02:00

Small kiosk in Helsinki, Finland.

New & Old

2011-10-27T11:26:00.004+03:00

Nanna Susi paintings at Gallery Hagelstam in Helsinki, Finland.

A room with a view

2011-10-24T11:48:00.001+03:00

A view from the Swiss hotel in Tallinn, Estonia

Yellow haze

2011-10-20T11:54:00.000+03:00

Helsinki Rescue Department and Kallio Churh in morning haze, Finland.

Free Rider

2011-10-17T12:23:00.000+03:00

Kiasma - the museum of contemporary art and the statue of C.G.E. Mannerheim in downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Dimanche en Rose

2011-10-15T09:11:00.002+03:00

The apprentice chef Ami and the Master chef Jyrki at the Dimanche en Rose art exhibition dinner at Institute Finlandais in Paris. Paintings by Nanna Susi.

Father and son

2011-10-08T12:09:00.000+03:00

Father and son Ukonlinna

Töölö loft

2011-10-05T10:25:00.003+03:00

Green car park

2011-10-04T15:14:00.001+03:00

Helsinki Exhibition & Convention center car park by K2S architects.

Red hat - punainen lippis

2011-10-01T10:05:00.000+03:00

Veitsiluodon työväentalo, Kemi.

Rescue department

2011-09-27T09:57:00.000+03:00

Helsinki city rescue department in Kallio, Helsinki.

Hoiva serviced apartments III

2011-09-21T16:34:00.000+03:00

Palvelutalo Hoiva / Hoiva serviced apartments and home for the aged in Helsinki, Finland designed by JKMM architects.

Fat Lady night club II

2011-09-06T17:11:00.002+03:00

Fat Lady nightclub in Tampere, Finland designed by Arkkitehtistudio M&Y

Nanna Susi, painter

2011-08-29T23:00:00.000+03:00

Painter Nanna Susi in her studio at Helsinki Cable factory.

Fat Lady night club

2011-08-25T12:06:00.000+03:00

Fat Lady nightclub in Tampere, Finland designed by Arkkitehtistudio M&Y

Hoiva serviced apartments

2011-08-17T15:02:00.012+03:00

Palvelutalo Hoiva / Hoiva serviced apartments and home for the aged in Helsinki, Finland designed by JKMM architects.

Plain Ride II

2011-08-10T16:06:00.002+03:00

Plain Ride music group shot at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland.

Albertinkatu II

2011-08-08T16:15:00.003+03:00

A view from my home at Albertinkatu, Helsinki

Grammy apartments II

2011-08-01T16:03:00.004+03:00

Grammy apartment building in Helsinki, Finland designed by Tuomo Siitonen Architects.

Photographer Tuomas Uusheimo at www.tuomasphoto.com - Site updated

2011-07-25T22:24:00.001+03:00

Photo shot in Vietnam in 2009. Log on to www.tuomasphoto.com to see my updated website.

Newlyweds

2011-07-02T10:13:00.001+03:00

Newlyweds S&J marching out of the Karuna Chruch in Seurasaari, Helsinki.

Grammy apartments

2011-06-29T10:16:00.001+03:00

Grammy apartment building in Helsinki, Finland designed by Tuomo Siitonen Architects.

Palvelutalo Hoiva

2011-06-28T11:49:00.002+03:00

Stair detail from Palvelutalo Hoiva / Hoiva serviced apartments and home for the aged in Helsinki, Finland designed by JKMM architects.

Kilden, Kristiansand

2011-06-17T22:40:00.003+03:00

Kilden concert house in Kristiansand, Norway under construction. Architectural design by ALA architects. To be completed in 2011. For more architectural photographs on this building, please go to my Photoshelter gallery on Kilden

Satamaromantiikkaa, pt III

2011-06-16T23:35:00.001+03:00

Empty containers in the rainy night of Kristiansand, Norway.

Anyhow Stories pt 4 - Narrative photo essay

2011-06-09T15:53:00.000+03:00

Anyhow Stories is a collaborative photography project between a writer and a photographer.

The Writer creates a story and reveals it to the photographer by describing one image at a time. The Photographer shoots the image and submits it back to the writer. The style and the content of the photographer’s images possibly alter the story line from the original. The final narrative will be a morphosis of the text and the photograph. The story is being published at Anyhow Stories.

Apartment building U28

2011-06-01T22:31:00.001+03:00

Apartment building on Uudenmaankatu in Helsinki, Finland. Photoshoot for Tuomo Siitonen architects.

The red beetle

2011-05-28T12:56:00.001+03:00

The classic volkswagen beetle with luggage on the roof top in Helsinki, Finland.

I took a photoshop workshop yesterday and was knocked out by the fact that almost every single adjustment was done in a different way to what I have used to. So, I though I give it a try, took me 3 hours to work on this photo. Go figure.

Lounger on the hill top

2011-05-18T23:00:00.001+03:00

An abondoned piece of furniture stand on the top of a hill made of construction waste in Vantaa, Finland.

First row seats

2011-05-17T23:00:00.000+03:00

Two men climbed on the topf of the market hall to watch the team Finland ice hockey Wolrd championship celebrations held in the Helsinki market square.

Finns win (finally)

2011-05-16T13:28:00.008+03:00

The Finns celebrating on Helsinki streets after winning the 2011 Ice hockey championship world title over Sweden with goals 6-1. This is the 2nd world title for the Finnish team the last being in 1995. Tens of thousands of people gathered on downtown Helsinki for a spontaneous overnight party to celebrate the victory.

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Anyhow Stories pt 3 - Narrative photo essay

2011-05-11T10:47:00.001+03:00

Anyhow Stories is a collaborative photography project between a writer and aphotographer.

The Writercreates a story and reveals it to the photographer by describing one image at atime. The Photographer shoots the image and submits it back to the writer. Thestyle and the content of the photographer’s images possibly alter the storyline from the original. The final narrative will be a morphosis of the text andthe photograph. The story is being published at http://anyhowstories.tumblr.com/

Plain Ride

2011-05-07T15:29:00.004+03:00

Plain Ride music group shot at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland.

Helsinki Loft

2011-04-29T18:37:00.000+03:00

Loft apartment in Helsinki, Finland designed by ALA architects.

Kike & Timo

2011-04-28T20:55:00.001+03:00

Timo Soini, Perussuomalaiset party leader discusses with newly elected parliament member Kike Elomaat at the opening of the 2011 Finland parliamentary session.

Timo Soini arrives at the Music center

2011-04-17T22:00:00.002+03:00

Timo Soini, Perussuomalaiset party leader arriving at the Helsinki Music center for the Finland parliament election night in Helsinki, Finland. For more information on the photo shoot, see Keksi Photo Agency

Timo Soini casting his vote

2011-04-17T11:27:00.001+03:00

Timo Soini, leader of the True Finns party casts his vote for 2011 Finland parliament elections at Iivisniemi school in Espoo, Finland. For more information on the photo shoot, see Keksi Photo Agency

Timo Soini at Lappeenranta market place

2011-04-15T14:30:00.004+03:00

Timo Soini, leader of the True Finns party giving a speech in a rally in Lappeenranta before the 2011 Finland Parliament elections. For more information on the photo shoot, see Keksi Photo Agency

Anyhow Stories - Narrative photo essay

2011-04-11T14:13:00.003+03:00

Anyhow Stories is a collaborative photography project between a writer and aphotographer.

The Writercreates a story and reveals it to the photographer by describing one image at atime. The Photographer shoots the image and submits it back to the writer. Thestyle and the content of the photographer’s images possibly alter the storyline from the original. The final narrative will be a morphosis of the text andthe photograph. The story is being published at http://anyhowstories.tumblr.com/

Helsinki Music Center drive by shoot

2011-04-06T16:33:00.001+03:00

New Music Center in Helsinki deisgned by LPR architects opens to public in fall 2011.

Hoas Student housing on Finnish Architectural Review 1/2011

2011-04-01T14:31:00.000+03:00

Photographs of HOAS Student housing, Helsinki - Published in ARK, Finnish Architectural review 1/2011

Rainy day

2011-03-26T19:00:00.002+02:00

Girl reading a book in a brasserie in Paris, France.

Waiting for the bus with Mr Smith

2011-03-23T12:30:00.001+02:00

A man waiting for a bus in London underpass.

Kirkkojärvi School - Kirkkojärven koulu IV

2011-03-22T17:18:00.001+02:00

Elementary school in Espoo, Finland. Architectural photo shoot for Verstas architects.

From the archives: The GSW office block

2011-03-18T12:30:00.000+02:00

The GSW office block in Berlin, Germany designed by Sauerbruch Hutton architects.

Girl at Yarkant market

2011-03-15T10:43:00.001+02:00

Uighur girl picked up a water melon from Yarkant market in Xinjiang province in China.

Kirkkojärvi School - Kirkkojärven koulu III

2011-03-09T16:00:00.001+02:00

Elementary school in Espoo, Finland. Architectural photo shoot for Verstas architects.

From the archives: NY Halloween 1997

2011-03-02T12:37:00.003+02:00

A girl watching the Halloween parade in New York City in 1997.

Iso-Roobertinkatu 17-19

2011-02-28T15:06:00.001+02:00

Railing detail at Iso-Roobertinkatu 17-19 in Helsinki, Finland. Photo shoot of a renovated historical apartment building for Eriksson Architects.

Master glass blower

2011-02-22T20:43:00.003+02:00

Master glass blower Heikki Punkari has been blowing glass for more than 30 years. Photoshoot for Fiskars Home at Iittala glass factory in Finland.

Glass factory

2011-02-15T23:00:00.002+02:00

Photo shoot at Iittala glass factory.

St Petersburg winter

2011-02-13T11:18:00.002+02:00

I just got back from 4 day visit to St Petersburg with the fabulous
Keksi Photo agency girls.

Light it up

2011-02-09T10:47:00.001+02:00

Photoshoot for Artek.

Laivurinkatu, Helsinki.

2011-02-07T00:27:00.001+02:00

Laivurinkatu, Helsinki on a frosty morning.

Albertinkatu

2011-01-28T09:40:00.004+02:00

Woman in red coat enters a grocery store on Albertinkatu in downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Student housing III

2011-01-26T13:08:00.003+02:00

HOAS student housing in Helsinki, Finland. Architectural design by Playa architects.

Kirkkojärvi School - Kirkkojärven koulu II

2011-01-24T13:56:00.001+02:00

Elementary school in Espoo, Finland. Architectural photo shoot for Verstas architects.

Poltinaho III

2011-01-18T13:17:00.005+02:00

I finished editing photo series of Poltinaho housing block in Hämeenlinna, Finland by AOA architects.

Lunch time

2011-01-12T12:11:00.002+02:00

Office space photo shoot for Eriksson architects in Helsinki, Finland.

Verstas framed

2010-12-30T22:33:00.000+02:00

Verstas architects partners photographed at HOAS apartments in Helsinki, Finland.

Helsinki III

2010-12-19T13:27:00.000+02:00

A view from the front of Alexander theater in downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Kirkkojärvi School - Kirkkojärven koulu

2010-12-16T23:49:00.000+02:00

Kirkkojärvi public school in Espoo, Finland completed in 2010. Photo shoot for Verstas architects.

Poltinaho II

2010-12-14T11:07:00.000+02:00

Poltinaho apartments designed by AOA architects in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Helsinki II

2010-12-08T12:31:00.001+02:00

Kamppi Sähkötalo in downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Helsinki I

2010-12-07T16:58:00.000+02:00

A view towards Tennispalatsi museum and cinema complex in downtown Helsinki, Finland

Myanmar 2010, day XV

2010-11-23T00:30:00.002+02:00

Night falls in Yangon (Rangoon), the former capital and the largest city of Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XIV

2010-11-22T16:33:00.004+02:00

Men of all ages work out and practice lethwei at the gym of YMCA in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XIII

2010-11-21T16:25:00.001+02:00

Japanese tourists photographing the sun rise over the pagodas and temples of Bagan in Central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XII

2010-11-20T02:30:00.001+02:00

Festival crowd celebrates as a balloon carrying firecrackers takes off succesfully at Taunggyi balloon festival in Myanmar. The Taunggyi balloon festival is an annual event that pays homage to the Sulamani Pagoda in heaven by sending up decorated balloons. The decorated paper balloons are 5-15 meters tall carrying a long tail loaded with firecrackers or candles. Taunggyi is the capital of the Shan state of Myanmar, every year almost 200 000 people attend the festival.

Myanmar 2010, day XI

2010-11-19T21:00:00.001+02:00

A balloon carrying firecrackers fails to take off and falls into the crowd at Taunggyi balloon festival in Myanmar. The Taunggyi balloon festival is an annual event that pays homage to the Sulamani Pagoda in heaven by sending up decorated balloons. The decorated paper balloons are 5-15 meters tall carrying a long tail loaded with firecrackers or candles. Taunggyi is the capital of the Shan state of Myanmar, every year almost 200 000 people attend the festival.

Myanmar 2010, day X

2010-11-18T10:13:00.010+02:00

Novice monks finish a game of soccer at Swhe Gu Kyaung monastery in Nyaung Swhe near Inle lake in central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day IX

2010-11-17T12:23:00.003+02:00

Three women in the kitchen of Nga Phe Chaung floating monastery on Inle lake in Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day VIII

2010-11-16T13:00:00.001+02:00

Night falls in the small town of Nyaung Shwe by Inle lake in central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day VII

2010-11-15T10:10:00.002+02:00

The brick constructed base of the unfinished Mingun Paya near Mandalay, Myanmar. Had the stupa been finished it would have been the largest but even the brick base of it remains the largest single pile of bricks in the world.

Myanmar 2010, day VI

2010-11-14T13:00:00.008+02:00

Young man swings up to the air holding on to the cabin of a manual ferris wheel to control the speed of it in Mandalay. The man-powered ferris wheels together with a team of young men operating them tour the pagoda festivals in Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day V

2010-11-13T13:00:00.003+02:00

Young monks take a morning bath at Mahagandayon monastery near Mandalay, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day IV

2010-11-12T13:00:00.002+02:00

A man standing ready to load the boxes of fish on a truck at the fishing port in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day III

2010-11-11T12:00:00.001+02:00

A pot making business generates a daily income of 5-6$ for the family in the pottery town of Twante near Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar 2010, day II

2010-11-10T12:00:00.002+02:00

Cock fight in action at the Chinese quarters of Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar 2010, day I

2010-11-09T09:17:00.003+02:00

A rickshaw by the Sule Paya in Yangon, Myanmar

Bangkok nights III

2010-11-03T12:58:00.001+02:00

Bangkok streets at night, Thailand.

Bangkok nights II

2010-11-02T11:33:00.002+02:00

Bangkok streets at night, Thailand.

Kouvolan AMK

2010-11-01T09:17:00.000+02:00

Photoshoot at Kouvola AMK school for NRT architects, Finland.

Bangkok nights I

2010-10-31T11:29:00.000+02:00

Bangkok streets at night, Thailand.

Student housing II

2010-10-28T15:58:00.000+03:00

HOAS student housing in Helsinki, Finland. Architectural design by Playa architects.

Pyhä Lauri III

2010-10-25T10:21:00.000+03:00

I finished editing the photos for Pyhän Laurin kappeli. Here is another one from the selection.

Pyhä Lauri burial chapel in Vantaa, Finland. Architectural photography for Avanto architects.

Nokia house II

2010-10-22T14:51:00.000+03:00

Private residence in Nokia designed by Arkkitehtitoimisto Tilasto, Finland.

Poltinaho

2010-10-13T22:24:00.000+03:00

Poltinaho apartments designed by AOA architects in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Vallila on fire

2010-10-11T18:51:00.000+03:00

View from Sammatintie in Helsinki, Finland.

Student housing

2010-10-08T17:27:00.000+03:00

HOAS student housing in Helsinki, Finland. Architectural design by Playa architects.

Pyhä Lauri III

2010-10-05T13:05:00.000+03:00

Pyhä Lauri burial chapel in Vantaa, Finland. Architectural photography for Avanto architects.