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Name: Thorvaldur Örn Kristmundsson
Website: www.thorvaldurorn.com
Iceland
Occupation:
Artist funding from Culture office in Minestry of Foreign Affairs and Promote Iceland Culture 2012
Artist funding from The association of Icelandic visual artists and the Icelandic Ministry of Culture for the Deep Iceland, Ashfall- the fifth season 2011
Photographer news/photo documentary –. 2008-2012
Photographer and picture desk manager, Morgunbladid Newspaper Iceland, 2004-2007
Photographer The Daily Newspaper Iceland, 1991-2003
Chairmain of the Icelandic Photojournalist Association from 1994 -2006
Chairmain of the Scandinavian Photojournalist Association 2003
Board member in Icelandic Journalist Union 2002-2009
Awards:
Icelandic Press Photo Picture of the year:
News picture of the year Iceland 1997
News picture of the year Iceland 1998
Picture of the year Iceland 1998
National picture of the year 1999
Picture series of the year Iceland 2001
Portrait picture of the year 2003
Promotional picture for the World Press Photo exhibition 1999 from Kosovo
Time/Life published the same series from Kosovo 1999 online
Exhibitions :
Multiple joint/exhibitions in Reykjavik for the last 20 years.
Latest exhibitions :
2006 Exhibition Gerdarsafn Art Museum Kopavogur “ Karahnjukar – The disappearing land”
2007 Curator "History of photography in news" Icelandic Journalist Union
2008 Fotografi Gallery - Reykjavik “ Portrait of an eagle “
2009 Reykjavík Arts Festival -The Washerwomen´s Walk –a stroll into history-
2010 Gerdarsafn Art Museum Kopavogur -Nature is Brand
2010 Curator “Faces of the North” Ragnar Axelsson photographer Kopavogur Art Museum
2010-2011 The KONA Gallery and Photojournalism Center/ San Clemente, California- Nature is Brand
2011 Perspektivet Museum Tromsø Norway - Exhibition Deep Iceland
2012 Copenhagen Photo Festival - Ashfall /The fifth season
2012 Visa Pour l´Image - Perpignan, France
2016 Reykjavík Museum of Photography _ Westfjords -
2016 Reykjavík Arts Festival
2017 Isafjordur Art Museum
Photo contest jury:
2007 Jury member for Norwegian PressPhoto contest
2012 Jury member for Icelandic PressPhoto contes
Scheduled exhibitions:
Copenhagen - Jon Sigurdsson
Reykjavik - Jon Sigurdsson
Reykjavik - The poet
Upcoming projects:
Starting project ” Kept from time - storage's and attic in historic buildings
Starting project “ Pyramid's in landscape “
-Starting project “ The poet “
-Starting project “ The Wall / Israel Palestine “
Upcoming book projects :
The poets - A modern way of expressing the Icelandic poet in 1900 and before 2013
The Fifth Season - Ashfall
The Wall / Israel Palestine
Covered news and assignments for many magazines and newspapers incl,.
El Pais, Rolling Stone Magazine,New York Times, Bild, TIME, Dagbladet, Verdens Gang.
Photo projects incl:
Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel / Palestine, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan
Work published through:
Zuma Press, Reuters, AP, AFP and other various agencies.
Projects for International Aid Organizations:
Action of Churches Together (ACT) in Bosnia Herzegovina 1997
Worked with the International Red Cross Israel / Palestine 1999
Iranian Red Crescent in Tehran, Iran 2001
mail: thorvaldur007@gmail.com
website: www.thorvaldurorn.com
Name: Thorvaldur Örn Kristmundsson
Website: www.thorvaldurorn.com
Iceland
Occupation:
Artist funding from Culture office in Minestry of Foreign Affairs and Promote Iceland Culture 2012
Artist funding from The association of Icelandic visual artists and the Icelandic Ministry of Culture for the Deep Iceland, Ashfall- the fifth season 2011
Photographer news/photo documentary –. 2008-2012
Photographer and picture desk manager, Morgunbladid Newspaper Iceland, 2004-2007
Photographer The Daily Newspaper Iceland, 1991-2003
Chairmain of the Icelandic Photojournalist Association from 1994 -2006
Chairmain of the Scandinavian Photojournalist Association 2003
Board member in Icelandic Journalist Union 2002-2009
Awards:
Icelandic Press Photo Picture of the year:
News picture of the year Iceland 1997
News picture of the year Iceland 1998
Picture of the year Iceland 1998
National picture of the year 1999
Picture series of the year Iceland 2001
Portrait picture of the year 2003
Promotional picture for the World Press Photo exhibition 1999 from Kosovo
Time/Life published the same series from Kosovo 1999 online
Exhibitions :
Multiple joint/exhibitions in Reykjavik for the last 20 years.
Latest exhibitions :
2006 Exhibition Gerdarsafn Art Museum Kopavogur “ Karahnjukar – The disappearing land”
2007 Curator "History of photography in news" Icelandic Journalist Union
2008 Fotografi Gallery - Reykjavik “ Portrait of an eagle “
2009 Reykjavík Arts Festival -The Washerwomen´s Walk –a stroll into history-
2010 Gerdarsafn Art Museum Kopavogur -Nature is Brand
2010 Curator “Faces of the North” Ragnar Axelsson photographer Kopavogur Art Museum
2010-2011 The KONA Gallery and Photojournalism Center/ San Clemente, California- Nature is Brand
2011 Perspektivet Museum Tromsø Norway - Exhibition Deep Iceland
2012 Copenhagen Photo Festival - Ashfall /The fifth season
2012 Visa Pour l´Image - Perpignan, France
2016 Reykjavík Museum of Photography _ Westfjords -
2016 Reykjavík Arts Festival
2017 Isafjordur Art Museum
Photo contest jury:
2007 Jury member for Norwegian PressPhoto contest
2012 Jury member for Icelandic PressPhoto contes
Scheduled exhibitions:
Copenhagen - Jon Sigurdsson
Reykjavik - Jon Sigurdsson
Reykjavik - The poet
Upcoming projects:
Starting project ” Kept from time - storage's and attic in historic buildings
Starting project “ Pyramid's in landscape “
-Starting project “ The poet “
-Starting project “ The Wall / Israel Palestine “
Upcoming book projects :
The poets - A modern way of expressing the Icelandic poet in 1900 and before 2013
The Fifth Season - Ashfall
The Wall / Israel Palestine
Covered news and assignments for many magazines and newspapers incl,.
El Pais, Rolling Stone Magazine,New York Times, Bild, TIME, Dagbladet, Verdens Gang.
Photo projects incl:
Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel / Palestine, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan
Work published through:
Zuma Press, Reuters, AP, AFP and other various agencies.
Projects for International Aid Organizations:
Action of Churches Together (ACT) in Bosnia Herzegovina 1997
Worked with the International Red Cross Israel / Palestine 1999
Iranian Red Crescent in Tehran, Iran 2001
mail: thorvaldur007@gmail.com
website: www.thorvaldurorn.com
