Niko Suvisto

Niko Suvisto (b. 1991) is a self-taught photographer from Finland. His black-and-white documentary-style images capture the ins and outs of his daily life with severe ME/CFS, something that is rarely shown in great detail to the outside world.

I’ve been sick for over a decade, and since 2022, the disease has left me almost completely bedbound—dependent on my mother’s full-time care.

Initially, I wanted to document others living with this life-destroying illness, but being too ill to do so, I had no choice but to turn the camera on myself. Despite having a disease that literally strips you of energy, I use whatever I have left to make images of my life—testaments to what I must endure.

My projects are now solely dedicated to ME/CFS, in the hope of raising awareness of an underfunded and highly stigmatised illness.​​​​​​​

—Niko Suvisto, 2025