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NEW : Samuli Karala, photographer & Creative Director, Berlin, with a campaign for THE RUNWAY – Match Made in HEL, celebrity portraits, and editorials for L'OFFICIEL HOMMES, CLIENT MAG and SCMP STYLE on GoSee
PHOTOGRAPHY · 27.07.2016

NEW : Samuli Karala, photographer & Creative Director, Berlin, with a campaign for THE RUNWAY – Match Made in HEL, celebrity portraits, and editorials for L'OFFICIEL HOMMES, CLIENT MAG and SCMP STYLE on GoSee

We are delighted to welcome beauty, portrait and fashion photographer Samuli Karala at GoSee. His opulent portfolio presents fantasy worlds with powerful imagery, cinematic portraits and glamorous fashion productions. For 20 years, he has worked for international clients all over the world. Whether he has R & B artist Kelly Rowland in front of his camera, heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, actor Adrian Grenier, or the President of Finland – Samuli knows how to sensitively portray the people behind big names. And each picture tells a story. “Characters matter to me the most,” the photographer tells GoSee. “In fashion as well as in portraiture, my aim is to depict the person, interpret the moment and capture the dynamics between the two.”

Born 1977 in Turku, Finland, the creative was drawn to England after his studying photography to attend the University for the Creative Arts. He filmed his first music videos and photographed for Muse, South China Morning Post Style, L'Officiel, L'Officiel Hommes, Elle, Elle Decor, REVS, Plaza Kvinna, Schön mag, The National UAE, Emirates Woman, Emirates Man, Cosmopolitan, Neo2, Vaga, Vogue.it, or vision China. SAMULI KARALA has worked and lived in London, New York, Tallinn, Helsinki, and Dubai. He now lives in the creative metropolis Berlin, from where he will work on more conceptual and artistic projects in the future. “I wish that I could keep bringing the enigmatic and creative, the stories, to the world of fashion and editorials.”

Credits

Client
Personal WorkPlaying Fashion Magazine / Robert MishchenkoViaMinnetGloria Magazine FinlandVision Magazine ChinaPoint Seven Mach MagazineGucci & Emirates Woman MagazineEmirates Woman MagazineSouth China Morning Post StyleIQ Beauté Magazine
Creative Director
Jukka Mannio & Jarkko Tuuri
Post Production
Stephanie Winger RetouchSinisa Savic
Styling
Minttu VesalaTEKLA KNAUST c/o New Blood AgencySarah Joan RossPablo Patané
Hair
Yukiko Tajima c/o WM Artist ManagementTom WennerstrandMaleeq Oz
Make-up
Natasha Smee c/o Exclusive ArtistsAriel Yeh-Hohlova c/o Saint Luke artistsSophia Eriksen c/o Hall&LundgrenEinat Dan
Location
Studio Musta & Valkoinen Helsinki
Model
Kiara Kabukuru c/o IMG New YorkEugeniy SavchenkoSuzanna Ge c/o Brand Model ManagementRaisa Raudas c/o Brand Model ManagementLinnea HELLBOM c/o MIKAs StockholmMay Douglas c/o The Hive ManagementKirsi Pyrhönen c/o Brand Model ManagementJennifer Berg c/o Brand Model ManagementSasha MariniMartyna Jaroszek c/o VIVA ParisCorinna Ingenleuf c/o M4 Models HamburgMariina Keskitalo c/o Brand Model ManagementAngela Ruiz c/o Wilhelmina New YorkLisanne De Jong c/o MD ManagementElla c/o Brand Model Management
Photographer
Samuli Karala
Project Manager
Pia Eiro
Makeup and Hair
Emilie TuuminenKaro Kangas & Anu LevyJanne Suono
Nails
Sami Haapa
Hair and Makeup
Sainabou Chune c/o MIKAs looks StockholmNickol WalkemeyerFatma BendrisSainabou Chune c/o MIKAs Looks Stockholm
Clothes Designer
Mert Otsamo
Studio
Musta & Valkoinen Helsinki
Muah assistant
Janika Oikarainen

About Samuli Karala

Ever since his school days, Samuli Karala was fascinated by portraiture. 

 

It’s only natural that he’s become one of the most sought after photographers in the fashion and beauty industry, regularly working with magazines such as Vogue, I-D, The Observer Magazine, Marie Claire, South China Morning Post, InStyle, Muse, Elle and Emirates Woman. 

 

“I take pictures of humans, not models. I always want to capture the human nature behind the façade. And the same goes for products too - I seek the color and the soul of the object, constantly looking for the story inside.”

 

Everything, everyone and every place have a story, believes Karala. Based in London but working often in Dubai, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles, he knows how to bring international brand stories to life with color, shadows and light. 

 

Whether it’s a portrait of Finland’s president Mr. Sauli Niinistö or R&B star Kelly Rowland or one of the numerous commercials and advertorials clients such as WWF, Bvlgari, Magnum (Unilever), Audi, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Fazer, Unibet, Nokia, LIDL, Warner Music, Universal Music, Finnair/Finavia and AXE, they all have one thing in common –  all have trusted Karala’s distinctive creative vision.

GoSee : samulikarala.com

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