Tuija Lindström (1950–2017) was born in Kotka, Finland and lived most of her life in Stockholm. She graduated from Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts & Design in 1984 and was appointed professor in photography at the University of Gothenburg, Academy of Film and Photography, as the first woman in the position, where she came to teach until 2002. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally since the 1980s and are represented in collections including Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the Finnish Musuem of Photography, Helsinki, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki and Houston Art Museum, USA.