Winter in Jokkmokk. Jesse makes his own snowshoes using a saw, an axe and pieces of wood from the trees behind him. He's longing for a walk in the deep snow. © Pauline Niks
Scavenging in winter time. Jesse has been experimenting with moulds to make casts of snow. This hollow metal piece was good to make cylindric shapes. © Pauline Niks
Flatruet. Sweden's highest road. © Pauline Niks
Enkele ideeën—"some ideas" © Pauline Niks
Willy the shopping cart. Jesse is very fond of this shopping cart. He collects a lot of interesting stuff on the street with it and is planning to make it into a four season shopping cart complete with skis in winter and bicycle wheels in the summer. © Pauline Niks
One Idea: Winter Willy. Winter version (on skis). The wheels can stay where they are, making it easy to switch from driving to skiing mode. The gas springs will probably be attached to the wooden construction of the bicycle wheels. The skis are then attached to the gas springs and any shocks will be captured, allowing you to hang sideways when you make a tight turn. © Pauline Niks
Idea #7: Deepsnow shoes. Since we're parked next to a giant pile of tree trunks, in the middle of the Sami area (the indigenous people of Laponia), I chose to make them in a rustic, traditional looking way. Basic material: 2 slices of tree trunk. Thickness +/- 4cm. Diameter 25 cm2. Half circular shape. One small tree trunk, diameter 15cm, length +/- 50 cm, cleaved into small planks. Multi-functional and easily mountable, with only 2 screws and bindings from a wooden snowboard or skis. © Pauline Niks
A pair of crappy skis. Pauline and Jesse take a walk in the deep snow looking for some lost reindeer. On this occasion, Jesse made two pairs of wooden skis. Gentleman that he is, he gives the best pair to Pauline and uses the crappy pair for himself. When he realizes he can hardly go forward in them, he decides to take them off. His hands, cold and numb, release one of the skis which then hits him hard in the face. © Pauline Niks
Ran over reindeer © Pauline Niks
Pumpkin carrot soup. Pauline and Jesse's first attempt to make soup in the caravan. Conclusion: a fork doesn't work as well as a blender. © Pauline Niks
Levelling the caravan by parking it on a tree stump. © Pauline Niks
Caravan matching with the northern lights. © Pauline Niks
Glad Påsk! At Easter time, Pauline, Jesse and Ilja (Jesse's brother) go on a road trip. The Swedish people seemed to need some cheering up. Therefore, the group made sure to wish everyone they saw, "Happy Easter!" (Glad Påsk!). It didn't really seem to work— the winter is simply too long and cold. © Pauline Niks
Cold river. Walking on ice results in: panic, primal screaming and a lot of scratches. © Pauline Niks
Dom idee—"stupid idea". Because that's what it is: walking on ice in the beginning of May. © Pauline Niks
Pauline Niks is one of the 50 best emerging photographers for 2015, as voted by the eight-member international jury for the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2015. Here is her winning entry and artist’s statement. View her profile to learn more about her and to see more of her great work.
