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Finnfoto Prize 2015: Merja Salo

Our visual communications and photography professor Merja Salo is the winner of Finnfoto Association Finnfoto Prize 2015.

Finnfoto Award is given annually to an individual or organization that has contributed significantly to the development of the Finnish photography, as well as creating the conditions for increasing appreciation of photography.

Congrats, Merja!

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