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Icelanders in London - Bjarni, Guðný, Charlotte and Nanna
Icelanders in London – Bjarni, Guðný, Charlotte and Nanna

I had another shoot with some Icelandic people based in London for my Icelanders in London project on Saturday – you can see the stories of Rannveig and Clara, as well as all the other Icelanders who have been involved so far, over at the project website.

If you’re reading this, and you are Icelandic and live in London, please get in touch if you’d like to be involved.

YTD

An acronym from my former life working in finance there for you: Year to Date. Anyway, for no reason other than I want to (and it’s my blog, so why not?) here, in no particular order, is a selection of photos from my year so far. It’s been a good year; mostly interiors but with some variety, as well as the start of my personal project, Icelanders in London.

Prints of some of my images are available at nickminers.com/prints.  Proceeds from the prints you buy go towards helping me pursue my personal projects. Thank you, and enjoy!

Roulette Wheel
Roulette wheel at Napoleon’s Casino, Leicester Square
Elephant
Parvati the Elephant outside the Apex Temple Court hotel, London
Elín
Elín, one of the Icelanders in London from my eponymous project
The Rookery
The courtyard at the Dickensian hotel The Rookery in the heart of London
Food available at the Icon Hotel in Luton
Food available at the Icon Hotel in Luton
The Cathedral at Quimper, Brittany, France
The Cathedral at Quimper, Brittany, France
A military monument at Cap de la Chèvre, Brittany, France
A military monument at Cap de la Chèvre, Brittany, France
Charlottte, another of the Icelanders in London
Charlotte, another of the Icelanders in London
The sun begins to rise over a mist Aquadrome in Rickmansworth
The sun begins to rise over a misty Aquadrome in Rickmansworth
A contortionist makes the letter H as part of a promo shoot for the film The Last Exorcism Part 2
Sally Miller, a contortionist, makes the letter H as part of a promo shoot for the film The Last Exorcism Part 2
Dewdrops on grass at the Aquadrome in Rickmansworth
Dewdrops on grass at the Aquadrome in Rickmansworth
The leisure room in Hotel Xenia, London
The leisure room in Hotel Xenia, London
The very modern Bishop Challoner School in east London
The very modern Bishop Challoner School in east London
The very modern Bishop Challoner School in east London
The very modern Bishop Challoner School in east London
Karate demonstration
Karate demonstration
Run for your Wife
Emma Barton, Vicki Michelle and Kellie Shirley at a special charity screening of Run for your Wife
Leaf skeleton
Leaf skeleton
Mirrors
Mirrors in a walk-in wardrobe for an interior design client
Bookshelf
Bookshelf and easy chair for an interior design client

And then there were 13…

Yesterday I went into London to photograph Elín and Bragi, an Icelandic couple who had recently been married on a tour of India and Thaliand before returning to London. I met Elín before they left, and they were both very keen to be involved in the Icelanders in London project, and so I have added their photos to the project website which you can see here and here.

My assistant for the shoot, Caitlin (who is also a photographer, and a good one too…), took a sneaky photo of me with the Icelanders as we discussed where to take some of the photos:

Spot the impostor...
Spot the impostor…

Reykjavík Boulevard

The cover of Issue 01 of Reykjavík Boulevard
The cover of Issue 01 of Reykjavík Boulevard

Niccolò Scelfo is a photographer from Florence in Italy who visited Iceland on a road trip in 2012. As so often happens, he fell in love with the place and had soon found himself a house in Reykjavík from where he runs his new web-based art magazine, Reykjavík Boulevard:

“I thought about building a platform for curious people, trying to share stories and discover the world through the eyes and projects of people. I started interviewing famous directors at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, then bands at Iceland Airwaves and many other stories came up. I realized the website and tried to release a magazine about that.”

Issue 00 was launched as a trial a few months ago and received a lot of positive feedback, and so after a lot of hard work and dedication by Niccolo and his small, mostly Italian editorial team, he has this morning launched issue 01 which you can read here. Featured in the current issue are the Icelandic singer Íris, who played at the London launch of Iceland, Defrosted, several other Icelandic and international artists and musicians, and there’s a small feature on some London based photographer who is photographing Icelanders in London…

Go and have a look – it’s a beautifully put together magazine, and you might even learn a little more about yours truly!