State
Award for Children´s Culture 2006
Inhimillinen
tekijä
The Culture Award of Finnish Medical
Society Duodecim The Young
Photographer of the Year -award 2005
The Loveliest Girl in the World -degree
The Loveliest Girl in the World
-documentary Leikin
pikkujättiläinen -book
Vision of
the Year -award 2004
Spotlight
of the Year special prize of the jury 2003
THE LOVELIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD –NEWS
State Award for
Children´s Culture 2006
The Arts Council of Finland has awarded photographer Miina
Savolainen with the State Award for Children´s Culture 2006. The
prize was presented by the Minister of Culture Tanja Saarela on 17th
November 2006. The State Award for Children´s Culture is an
acknowledgement for meritorious work during the last three years
or long-lasting worthy work for children's culture. The
prize is 15 000 euros.
State Award for Children´s Culture
State
Award for Children´s Culture
The Loveliest Girl in the World in the Inhimillinen
Tekijä -TV programme
Two of the loveliest girls in the world, Jenna Pystö and Monna
Makkonen, and photographer Miina Savolainen were guests on the Finnish
Broadcasting Network's Yle Inhimillinen Tekijä -TV programme,
where they were telling about the meaning of the photography process.
The documentary was aired first time on TV2 on 28th November 2004 and
(it was broadcasted twize as uusintana). The touching programme
gathered a lot of heartfelt feedback, that was especially aimed at
Jenna and Monna, who were brave enough to share their lives with the
viewers.
Inhimillinen
tekijä
The Culture Award of Finnish Medical
Society Duodecim
Finnish Medical Society
Duodecim has awarded photographer Miina Savolainen, her project The
Loveliest Girl in the World and the method of empowering photography
with their annual culture award. The award of 5 000 euros was presented
on 17th of November 2005 in Jyväskylä as a part of the
Health, sickness and culture -seminar. The Culture Award of Finnish
Medical Society Duodecim is granted to a person or a team, who has
remarkably promoted understanding of the connection between health,
sickness and culture in the society. The Award has previously been
presented to artist Rafael Wardi, author and politician Claes Andersson
and actor Kari Heiskanen.
The Young Photographer of the Year
-award 2005
Miina Savolainen was awarded with The Young Photographer of
the Year -award on 8th June 2005. This prize is presented in
alternate years with the Fotofinlandia-prize. The previous The Young
Photographer of the Year -prize was presented to Tiina Itkonen and her
Inughuit-series on
2003. Itkonen has documented the life of polareskimos in Greenland.
The
Loveliest Girl in the World -degree
Miina Savolainen's Master of Arts degree for the of
University of Art and Design in Helsinki was reviewed on 6th June
2005. The inspectors of The Loveliest Girl in the World –
empowering photography -degree were Marjatta Bardy from National
Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) and
Juha Varto from the Arts Education department. The degree is
dealing with the meanings of the Loveliest Girl in the World
-process and the therapeutic means of photography as well as the method
of empowering photography. The 241-page book is available in Finnish
also for a long-distance loan from Aralis-library in the address
Hämeentie 135 A, 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
Aralis-library
The Loveliest Girl in the World
-documentary
A documentary film has been made about one of the girls
participating in the the Loveliest Girl in the World -project, Tiina
Siitonen. It is a part of a series of minidocumentaries for the Finnish
Broadcasting Network Yle. The documentary is called the Loveliest
Girl in the World and it's duration is 13 minutes. The film tells the
story of Tiina growing up to be a mother and it also explains the
background of the project. The documentary was aired on TV2 on 28th
November 2004. It is directed by Anna Laine and produced by Naked
Productions.
Leikin pikkujättiläinen -book
An article by Miina Savolainen, The Loveliest Child in the
world – photography in the family was published in Leikin
pikkujättiläinen -book by WSOY Publishing in 2004. The
article deals with the method of empowering photography from the
viewpoint of a family with children. The book is edited by Liisa
Piironen.
Vision of the Year -award 2004
The Green Cultural and Educational Centre Vision of the Year
-award 2004 was granted to arts- and socialeducator Miina
Savolainen for the method of empowering photography and the Loveliest
Girl in the World -project that she has carried out with ten girls and
young women who grew up in Hyvönen's children's home in Helsinki.
The acknowledgement was granted for developing a therapeutical arts
education method that can be applied to both individuals as well as
communities. The examples that the Loveliest Girl in the World
presents, such as equality, equivalence, trust, tolerance and
self-acceptance also counted. Vision of the Year -award was presented
for the 8th time on 19th March 2004 in Café Photo in Helsinki.
The Visions of the Year accepted the award happily smiling.
Spotlight of the Year special
prize of the jury 2003
The Loveliest Girl in the World -project and exhibition were
awarded with Spotlight of the Year special prize of the jury 2003
-award that was 1 000 euros. The prize delighted not only the
recipients themselves but also the people close to the awarded. The
culture department of the Finnish Broadcasting Network grants the
Spotlight of the Year -award to a cultural achievement, that has
shaked, refreshed, changed, delighted or promoted the finnish cultural
life nationwide.
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