‘I want to capture everyday moments and their special magic’: Juuso Westerlund’s best phone picture

The Finnish photographer on an intimate shot which captured his youngest son was unawares

Juuso Westerlund was passing his family bathroom when he noticed his youngest son, Antero, had climbed up on to the toilet seat. The six-year-old had just finished his evening bath; he didn't notice his father in the doorway. As the boy studied his body in the steam-clouded mirror, the Finnish photographer snapped a silent photo. It would later become part of his Heartbeats collection, which is being exhibited at the Latvian Museum of Photography, in Riga. The collection is the story of my boys," Westerlund says. The photographs are like love poems to my sons."

Westerlund says he wouldn't have dreamed of putting away, or later editing out, the half-empty handwash bottle or unplugged toothbrush charger. I'd never stage a photo like this, and I'd never tidy up the space," he says. The world is filled with pictures of kids, and I don't want mine to be polished or perfect. I just want to capture everyday moments and their special magic."