About

Photography has been my first passion throughout my life and I consider this joy of creating images a gift from my family and those who came before me; photography was the trade of both my mother and grandmother as well as my older brother. The wise advice and technical guidance I received from my mother at an early age is still guiding and inspiring me in creating images. The appreciation for the of the sanctity of nature was a gift from my father, who taught me to thread quietly and with care, to wait patiently and to pay attention and learn.

Growing up in my native Finland, I came to appreciate the light simplicity and clean forms typically appreciated in my culture. Yet, my life took me to live and work around the globe and I have been formed by these experiences as well. After graduating from The Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration with a Masters of Science (Econ.) degree, I moved to Singapore to set out on an international career. This allowed me to live and travel extensively in one of the most photogenic and colorful areas of the world, South East Asia. My time interacting and living with people of different Asian cultures, as well as my travels in South and Central America and Oceania, has helped me appreciate more the beauty of more intricate and ornate form.

Today I am an avid conservationist, awed by nature, yet alarmed at the rapid changes I am witnessing. I feel it is my first priority, privilege and duty to attempt to use my images to further an interest in environmental and cultural conservation, to show the fragile beauty of nature and life on our planet that is worth our attention and protection. This is why underwater photography and photography of wild and vulnerable places is particularly important to me.

As a friend of adventure, good food, music, art, architecture and action sports, I do also enjoy photographing various events and subjects that just simply inspire me.

Since 1998 I live on the Caribbean Island of St. Croix, but I might as well be on a path or reef in a remote part of the world where beetelnut and nudibrach are plentiful and the camera still is considered as the magic object that we sometimes forget it is!

Marjo Aho specialize in underwater, nature and cultural photography. She also immensely enjoys sports, events, food and wedding photography. She will take on assignments selectively and prioritizes projects driven by and involving passionately creative people. She is a member of  Professional Photographers of America PPA ,  North American Nature Photographers Association NANPA  and The International Ecotourism Society TIES