Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2022 (professional)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Legendary Finnish stuntman Markku Eklund is on fire.
Eklund is considered to be one of the stunt pioneers of Finnish film industry with a body of work that includes films such as The Romanov Stones (Romanovin kivet, 1993) and The Real McCoy (1999).
Eklund (born 1966) made his first fire stunt in the early 1980´s. He founded stunt team Sky Breakers, which has arranged stunt, bungy and adventure since 1989.
Eklund has never got hurt by flames.
The one-minute-stunt was done under supervision at the Haukilahti beach in the city of Espoo, Southern Finland (16.3.2022).
AUTHOR
Toni Rasinkangas is a professional photographer and a journalist based in Hämeenlinna (Southern Finland), working for newspaper Hämeen Sanomat.
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