{"id":118,"date":"2023-04-27T06:20:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/av-media.omnia.fi\/anna_2\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:53:35","slug":"about-magi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/about-magi\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT MAGI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"118\" class=\"elementor elementor-118\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20474f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20474f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498a12d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"498a12d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">magi  viljanen <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db9b50c elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"db9b50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main 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href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/works\/writings\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">WRITINGS<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-898\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/works\/videot-videos\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">OTHER STUFF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">CONTACT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4122\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/works\/writings\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">WRITINGS<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-898\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/works\/videot-videos\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">OTHER STUFF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">CONTACT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40905880 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40905880\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d12bbb5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d12bbb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580816fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"580816fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5036b6c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5036b6c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"20b53ccc\" class=\"e-20b53ccc-7fab201 e-heading-base\">About Magi<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2edb576 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2edb576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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The photographer is shown frontally in a white headwrap and blouse, hands together in a gesture of greeting or contemplation, against a dark wooden background.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f1455e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21f1455e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36691612 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36691612\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cadeff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cadeff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"550\"><em data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">\u201cI think art is meant to move something within a person, and at its best, art affects those things to which people may have become numb. I don\u2019t see myself as a subjective artist, but as part of something shared, and that is the way I work. I am a documentary photographer, and I believe that art that makes a statement is important.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e571f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52e571f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae78e50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae78e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"550\">Magi Viljanen has had a long career as both an artist and a commercial photographer. Her photography is distinctive and refreshingly different from the mainstream. As a photographer, Magi is open-minded and has repeatedly chosen challenging subjects throughout her career. She has courageously experimented with different methods and materials in her work.<\/p><p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1166\">Magi\u2019s work is accessible and moving in the way it reveals truth and represents life. Viewers can identify with different aspects of her photographs. Her work brings the realities of others before us, allowing us to encounter authentic stories from around the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb2c53f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fb2c53f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34013799 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34013799\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fef81bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fef81bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea80a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ea80a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Short Story by Ilona J\u00e4rvel\u00e4<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259d25f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"259d25f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magiviljanen.fi\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Magi_katseluverio.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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