FROZEN WARRIORS

2016–2018
Photography

A photographic work on labour, endurance, cold, and the temporary architecture of the snow building.

Frozen Warriors follows the builders of snow and ice structures in northern Finland, where architecture is shaped through cold, machinery, repetition, and physical endurance. Created between 2016 and 2018, the work looks beyond the finished winter monuments, focusing on the labour and exhaustion behind temporary forms that are built to vanish with spring.

  • Two sail masts behind the wall of a snow castle

  • A construction worker

  • A snow builder jumps for joy on the roof of the snow castle

  • A snow slinging tractor

  • A snow builder

  • A snow builder inspects snow cannons

  • A frozen lake

  • A snow builder cuts ice from the frozen lake

  • Snow mountains

  • Ville getting ready for work

  • Ville crafts a door to the hall in the snow castle

  • Jerry fixes the main wall of the snow castle with a snow chisel

  • A snow castle under construction

  • A snow castle under construction

  • A snow castle under construction

  • A snow builder fills a tank while having a break

  • A break in the break room

  • A snow castle under construction

  • A snow bar under construction

  • A snow bar under construction

  • Portrait of Topi

  • A child runs