Claire Aho
Claire Anita Aho (2 November 1925 – 29 November 2015) was a Finnish photographer.
Early life
[edit]Born in Helsinki, Claire Aho was the daughter of Finnish film director Heikki Aho (son of the Finnish national author Juhani Aho and his artist wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt). Claire's mother, Dinah Selkina, was a Lithuanian-born dancer.
Career
[edit]She started her career in the 1940s at the Aho & Soldan company, owned by her family. In the 1950s and 1960s, she was an early proponent of colour photography in Finland.[1]
Aho moved to Sweden in 1974[2] where she worked as a photographer for several newspapers including Hufvudstadsbladet and with Nordic Museum.
Aho's photos have been exhibited in Kiel and London among others. A major retrospective of her work was held in Helsinki in 2011.
Death and legacy
[edit]Claire Aho died in Stockholm on 29 November 2015 in a fire in her home. She was 90 years old.[3]
An award for female journalists has been named after her. [4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Profile. booksfromfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Salo, Merja (23 April 2013). "CLAIRE AHO".
- ↑ Frilander, Aino: Valokuvaajalegenda Claire Aho on kuollut. Helsingin Sanomat, 30 November 2015. (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers". World Food Photography Awards. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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