Mikkel Aaland

Mikkel Aaland http://www.mikkelaaland.com Mikkel Aaland is an award winning photographer, best-selling author and host of the Perfect Sweat documentary series.

His non-technical books include, County Fair Portraits, Sweat, The Sword of Heaven, Pilgrimage to Kailash and a memoir, The River in My Backyard. As a team leader, Aaland organized and led two Adobe Photoshop Lightroom adventures to Iceland and Tasmania. Aaland was one of the first photographers to use a digital camera in the mid 1980s, and he wrote about the technology in his book "Digital Photog

raphy" (1992), which is considered a classic in the field. As a digital pioneer, his other technical books include, Photoshop RAW, Shooting Digital, Still Images in Multimedia, Adobe Lightroom Adventure (Iceland), and Adobe Lightroom Adventure (Tasmania). He is the founding member of Sauna Aid, a multicountry initiative, dedicated to providing movable sauna facilities and supportive services to people facing natural and man-made disasters. He is also a honorary member of the International Sauna Association (ISA) and the British Sauna Society and a board member of the Norwegian Sauna Association (Badstulaug). Aaland holds both Norwegian and American passports and splits his time between San Francisco and Telemark, Norway.

Perfect Sweat Virtual World Premiere June 8th, 2024 Fifty years ago, in June of 1974, I graduated from Chico State Unive...
05/09/2024

Perfect Sweat Virtual World Premiere June 8th, 2024

Fifty years ago, in June of 1974, I graduated from Chico State University with a degree in Photo-Journalism. After unsuccessfully looking for a staff position on a newspaper I gave up and decided to write a book and freelance instead. Three years, and many adventures later, Capra Press published my book “Sweat, the Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Islamic hammam, Russian Bania, Japanese Mushi-Buro, Mexican Temescal and American Indian and Eskimo Sweatlodge”. I’ve written several books since but “Sweat” remains evergreen and now, on June 8th, “Perfect Sweat” a seven-part documentary series based on the original book, produced by Bry’s Run Productions, will premier for world-wide streaming.

It’s appropriate that “Perfect Sweat” is released on Global Wellness Day, founded by my dear friend Belgin Aksoy. This year’s theme is , revolving around the central idea of reconnecting with nature. June 8th also happens to be in Finland.

I hope you enjoy and appreciate all the years of hard work (and yes, sweat) so many of us put into producing the series. You can sign up for the opening event and learn more about watching the series here:

Join us for the Virtual World Premiere on World Wellness Day / International Sauna Day (Finland), June 8th, 2024

05/08/2024

Finally!

Heads up to my Finnish friends. All seven episodes of Perfect Sweat will be broadcasted on YLE, the Finnish national TV ...
05/06/2024

Heads up to my Finnish friends. All seven episodes of Perfect Sweat will be broadcasted on YLE, the Finnish national TV station tomorrow, Tuesday 7 May. If you are outside Finland you will need a VPN. Enjoy! 😊

Man har i alla tider botat sinnet, kroppen och själen med att svettas. Mikkel Aaland söker efter den perfekta svettningsupplevelsen och bekantar sig med dagens bastur, banjor, hamamer, badstuer, mushiburor och ångbad. (Perfect Sweat, USA, 2021.)

Tune in for an exclusive screening of the Finland episode of Perfect Sweat by Mikkel Aaland. It will be available to wat...
02/23/2024

Tune in for an exclusive screening of the Finland episode of Perfect Sweat by Mikkel Aaland. It will be available to watch from 8 a.m. to midnight on Saturday, February 24; a link and password will be provided here and at FFN Facebook and Instagram. In the 34-minute video, Mikkel visits a variety of Finnish saunas with local host Samuel Aarnio.

The documentary series is inspired by Mikkel’s 1978 book Sweat, which is out of print but available in Kindle versions:

JOIN OUR WEEKLONG CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORY, TRADITION, CULTURE, AND APPRECIATION OF SAUNA IN THE U.S. TODAY Our live programs, described below, will be posted on the FFN YouTube channel, where […]

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Bringing People Together During Difficult Times   Mikkel Aaland "It's All An Adventure" July 2023: This is an account of my third trip to Ukraine on behalf of Sauna Aid. I often take my peaceful, war-

Here is a detailed report on my recent trip to Ukraine on behalf of Sauna Aid.
12/22/2022

Here is a detailed report on my recent trip to Ukraine on behalf of Sauna Aid.

There is No War in Sauna   Mikkel Aaland "It's All An Adventure" We are driving from Bratislava, Slovakia to the border of Ukraine with a converted shipping container serving as a sauna, bringing a mu

11/11/2022

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