I’m Niko Suvisto (b. 1991), a Finnish photographer living with the severe chronic neuro-immunological illness ME/CFS. 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 work is now solely dedicated to ME/CFS, in the hope of raising awareness of an underfunded and highly stigmatised illness. If you know of ways to help, please get in touch!
Contact
Email: nikosuvisto@gmail.com
Bluesky: @nikosuvisto.bsky.social
Foto: @nikosuvisto
Instagram: @nikosuvisto
Exhibitions
2025
In the Absence of Light — online exhibition at A Quiet Storm, August 2025
(un)sichtbar — group exhibition for ME/CFS Awareness Week, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2025
Enduring: Life with Severe ME/CFS — online exhibition at A Quiet Storm, April 2025