Previous Exhibitions
  • Rúnar Gunnarsson ljósmyndasýning

An eternity in a moment

  • 11.4.2023 - 2.9.2023 National Museum of Iceland.

Photography exhibition by Rúnar Gunnarsson.

Rúnar Gunnarsson was born in the year 1944 and grew up in Reykjavík. The city, its complex human life, and diversity were the subjects of his photography from the very beginning. Rúnar has published numerous photography books and has held exhibitions. His film collection preserves over 100,000 photographs in addition to tens of thousands of digital images. Rúnar is still active, with a camera up in the air, capturing glimpses of our time.

The Exhibition opens on March 11th.

Curator: Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir
Text: Sigurlaug Dagsdóttir
Translation: Anna Yates
Proofreading: Kristján Mímisson, Freyja Hlíðkvist Ómarsdóttir Sesseljudóttir, Joe Wallace Walser III
Installation: Helgi Már Kristinsson
Printing photographs: Ívar Brynjólfsson Innrömmun
Framing: Listamenn
Graphic design: Helga Gerður Magnúsdóttir
Printing text: Þríbjörn ehf
Acknowledgements: Oddur Magnússon

Image: Hazing in Reykjavík Collage 1962