London College of Communication
MA Photography

Awards & Prizes


  • Hilltop, from the series Attempts, c-type print

  • Ice (fresh water), from the series Attempts, c-type print

  • Cones (spruce, pine), from the series Attempts, c-type print

  • Pebble, from the series Attempts, c-type print

  • Air, from the series Attempts, c-type print

Minna Pöllänen

Attempts

Made over the course of a year, on an undeveloped 0.75-hectare piece of family land, Attempts maps out a survey into the notion of landownership. Through collecting, containing and marking different elements of the landscape the project explores the various geographical and topographical components found within the lot. The apparently futile constructions depicted in the photographs aim to visualise and question the often illogical commodification of nature and the ownership of something that exists in a natural state of flux.

Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.