Last Saturday I had a photoshoot with some more Icelanders living here in London. Four of them are all members of the same choir, and kept spontaneously breaking out into song during the shoot. As we were at The Scoop, an open-air theatre outside London’s City Hall, the acoustics were perfect for such musical activities, and we all had a great time.
The photos from the shoot have now been added to my Icelanders in London site, so please feel free to admire the Icelandic cheekbones on display.
Recently, in between work related stuff, I’ve been spending time getting to know and photographing a group of people who share something in common, something that makes me decidedly envious and endlessly fascinated.
These people are the Icelanders in London, and it’s been a real privilege getting to know so many of them. There are six of them currently featured on the site, but I’ve met far more, and hope to have photographed around 20 of them by the end of the summer.
After a few weeks checking that people were happy with their portraits being made public, and gathering information about them and their chosen possessions, I was able to launch the site officially this afternoon, and it has been really well-received so far. I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to sharing more stories and photos from these lovely people soon.
I’ve started a personal project which involves photographing Icelandic people who, for whatever reason, have found themselves living in London. The photos from the project will all be revealed at an exhibition in a London gallery in October, but here’s an extra photo from tonight’s session which I’d like to share with you.
