PUBLICATIONS

Magnús Ólafsson   

                          photographer                                   

Published in connection with a retrospective of Magnús Ólafsson's works from 27. Sept. to 1. Dec. 2003 in Reykjavík Museum of Photography.

In this book, 108 photographs by Magnús in quality printing can be viewed, taken during the first three decades of the 20th century. 

Besides from photographs, the book includes articles by Eiríkur Guðmundsson radio presenter and Guðmundur Ingólfsson photographer.

The book will be for sale at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography and in all major bookstores in Iceland.

Mothers in Icelandic Photographs               

This pioneering volume attempts to portray an historical summary of Icelandic photographs of mothers and to reveal the palpable changes in perceptions of motherhood from the late nineteenth century to the present. The book focuses on the interplay of artistic beauty and documentary in photographic form.

Social psychologist Annadis G. Rudolfsdottir's article "Mother's Memory Lives Long: On Mothers in Icelandic Photographs", scrutinizes society's ideas concerning the mother's role and juxtaposes those ideas with the actual experience of mothering. The author delves into the development of the status of the mother figure in Icelandic society. Historian Gudbrandur Benediktsson summarizes the milestones of photographic history in his essay, " An Outline of the History of Photography ".

Mothers in Icelandic Photographs contains over three hundred photographs taken by numerous photographers and amateurs. These photographs, very few of which have been printed before this publication, cover just over a century of Icelandic photographic history.

Mothers in Icelandic Photography was Reykjavik Museum of Photography's contribution to the schedule of events entitled Reykjavik – Culture City 2000. 

Special Offer 3.000 kr

Reykjavík Museum of Photography's lecture series commemorating Magnús Ólafsson.

Reykjavik Museum of Photography hosts annual lecture series commemorating the Icelandic photographer, Magnús Ólafsson. Each lecture is held on May 10th,  the day on which Ólafsson was born, and is published a year later, at the same occasion.  The first lecture was held in 1998 and the upcoming lecture by Guðmundur Ingólfsson will be the sixth in this series.  

Magnús Ólafsson  

(10. May 1862 - 26. July 1937)

Photographer Magnús Ólafsson learned the fundamentals of photography in the Reykjavík studio of Sigfús Eymundsson, as well as st udying with the well-known court photographer, Peter Elfelt, in Copenhagen in 1901. While in Copenhagen, Ólafsson became familiar with and purchased state-of the-art photography equipment. He established a photography st udio at Templarasund 3 in Reykjavík.

Ólafsson traveled widely in Iceland and was a pioneer in the field of Icelandic landscape photography. In addition, he was the first Icelandic photographer to produce stereoscopic photographs, particularly landscape photos,which drew a great deal of a ention, both in Iceland and abroad, to the abundant natural beauty of the Icelandic countryside. Moreover, Ólafsson was the first Icelandic photographer to color photographic enlargements. 

He composed a handbook in Icelandic for amateur photographers, entitled Stafróf ljósmyndaf ræðinnar I. Stutt leiðbeining fyrir viðvaninga/The ABC of Photography I: Brief instructions for beginners (1914). Ólafsson was a member of the Board of the Association of Photographers in Iceland for many years and served as the Association's first president.

LECTURES

NAOMI ROSENBLUM

Trends in American Photography,1890-1945

    10. May 1998 (1:1998)

Naomi Rosenblum is a noted photography historian. Among her best known works are: A World History of Photography (1981) and A History of Women Photography (1994). She has also written on Adolphe Braun, Lewis Hine, Paul Strand and on machine age and contemporary American and European photographers.

Price 500.00 kr

         INGA LÁRA BALDVINSDÓTTIR 

Magnús Ólafsson and his Contribution to Icelandic Photography

  10. May, 1999  (2:1999)  

Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir was born in 1956.  She completed a B.A. degree in History and Archeology from University College in Dublin in 1979 and Cand. Mag.degree in History from University of Iceland in 1984. She has organised numerous photo-exhibitions for the National Museum of Iceland and the Maritime Museum in Eyrarbakki. 

Baldvinsdóttir has also photo-edited various books and written articles on the history of photograph both in Icelandic and international newspapers and magazines.

Price 500.00 kr

BOHNCHANG KOO

  A brief history of Korean photography followed by a look at my own work

10.May 2000 (3:2000)  

Bohnchang Koo was born in 1953 in Seoul, Korea. After completing university-level studies in Business at Yon-Sei University in Seoul, he began studying photography at Fach Hoch Schule in Hamborg, completing the program there in 1985. Bohnchang Koo has given many lectures and has taught widely, including Central Saint Martin´s College of Art in London. At present he is a professor at Kaywon School of Art and Design in suburban Seoul. Koo has held 11 private exhibitions all over the world and has participated in numerous shows in the United States.

Bohnchang Koo is one of South Korea's leading modern photographers, and his work has received a great deal of attention. In this lecture Koo summarizes Korean photographic art and then discusses his own work as a function of this cultural and artistic background. .

Price 500.00 kr

EINAR FALUR INGÓLFSSON

A Visual Diary

 10. May 2001 (4:2001)

Einar Falur was born in 1966 and completed an MFA in Photography at the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1995. He has written articles on art, photography, and literature for numerous newspapers and periodicals. His photographs have appeared in newspapers and periodicals both in Iceland and abroad. 

Ingólfsson's work includes photographs of authors, taken for various publishing houses, and photographic narratives compiled in a host of countries, including India, China, Bolivia, Peru, Australia, the United States, Canada, and the Faeroe Islands.  

Price 500.00 kr

HASSE PERSSON

Fotografiet som samlerobjekt (1905-2002)

(The Photography as Collector's Item)

10.May, 2002 (5:2000)

Hasse Persson is among Scandinavia´s best known photographers  and has enjoyed a long and successful career.  His work has been published in newspapers and magazines such as LIFE, TIME, Newsweek og The New York Times. For the past five years he has worked on numerous photo-exhibitions as a curator at Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg and Kulturhuset in Stockholm.