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Kelsi Vaahtojärvi from the United States in Helsinki, Finland. Photograph by Peter Seenan for Finland My Home project.
April 13, 2019July 19, 2020

“Sometimes I default to Swedish when I try to ask for something in a shop”

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Emma Nkonoki in Espoo, Finland in 2018
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“I’ve learned that getting where you want to be is a life-long struggle”

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Yury in Joensuu, Finland
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“The first person I came out to was the director of my dance college in Finland”

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Meg Sakilayan-Latvala in Helsinki, Finland
October 15, 2018February 12, 2019

“As a migrant in Finland you have to be 2-3 times better than your native competitors”

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“I think it’s much easier being gay here than in the United States”

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April 8, 2018July 20, 2020

“The most everyday things make sense in Finland, like weighing your own vegetables”

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An image of Ozan Yanar taken by Peter Seenan in 2017 for the immigrant reflections project, Finland My Home
January 25, 2018February 12, 2019

“I see identities as layers that you build on top of each other—at the end you have a unique combination”

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January 21, 2018April 20, 2018

“My only understanding of Finland was through Aki Kaurismäki”

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January 11, 2018April 20, 2018

“You need sisu to live here and I have learned how to have sisu”

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