Kaupo Kikkas, Author at Estonian World

Kaupo Kikkas

Kaupo Kikkas is an Estonian music and fine art photographer. He received formal training in photography at Finland’s Visual Arts Institute. He has concentrated on fine art photography for twelve years. Although based in Northern Europe, he frequently works in London, the US, as well annual projects in the Amazon rainforest. Kikkas has photographed a number of book- and album covers, and his work often appears in magazines. He was named best commercial portrait photographer at the WPPI Las Vegas 16x20 print competition in 2013, and was honoured as the best Estonian portrait photographer in 2011 (Baltic's Photography Festival). When not working he can be found camping (and photographing) in Lapland. He occasionally still picks up a saxophone and, after a few drinks, has been known to sing.

The No Tears project – 16 portraits of the Estonian Defence League men and women

Kaupo Kikkas / June 24, 2015

Recently, a Lithuanian actress and TV host, Beata Tiskevic-Hasanova, and a photographer and political science student, Neringa Rekasiute, used photography to approach a controversial topic in their country – military conscription, which was reinstated by the Lithuanian government just a few months ago, in response to Russia’s aggression in the region. The portraits displayed young, […]

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