Lisa Paland (b. 1989) studied cultural and media education in Merseburg, Germany with main focus on digital and analogue photography. She finished her B.A. in 2014 with a final work about the remains of open cast mining in eastern Germany using instant film. She is currently working as an intern at Skaftfell - Center for Visual Arts in Seyðisfjörður and will document the Frontiers of Solitude expedition in Iceland.