Magnus Ólafsson, Reykavik
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NAVN: Magnus Ólafsson
DATA: Født 1862 i Hvoll i Saurbæ, død 1937 i Reykjavik AKTIV: Fra 1901 ff. ADRESSER: Reykjavik, Island UDDANNELSE: - STEREOBILLEDER: Stor produktion af stereobilleder. POSTKORT: - NOTER: - ARKIV: Stereobilleder, dels på Kongelige Bibliotek, dels på RODs. (Og i Island!) EFTERFØLGER: - KOMMENTARER: Reykjaviks Fotomuseum HER. |
Der er en vildt flot beskrivelse af hvem fotograf Olafsson var: "Magnús Ólafsson (1862-1937) was the Reykjavík photographer par excellence, and his pictures make an important contribution to how Icelanders perceive their city. Ólafsson´s photos span the first three decades of the 20th century. These are photographs that shift between documentary and fairytale, and provide a unique insight into a vanished world: people leave Reykjavík Cathedral in their Sunday best, men jump from ice-floe to ice-floe on Reykjavík Harbour, children run down Laugavegur, the fire brigade holds an exercise on Austurvöllur, women spread saltfish to dry on Vesturgata, a football spins on Melavöllur in 1915 – and then Magnús rises up above the community to take the first aerial photograph of Reykjavík.
Magnús was a man of many talents: an impassioned photographer - a professional in the field after the age of forty - he also played the organ and the violin – playing in a quartet that held the first ever violin recital in Reykjavík – held film shows, and is believed to have made the first ciné film in Iceland. Magnús was a man of action and conviction, a pioneer who realised that he was living through a period of upheaval, and succeeded in preserving a part of that time for posterity." KILDE: HER. |
Magnus Ólafsson, Fra hovedstaden Reykjavik, 1911. Kilde: RODS, Peter Randløv.
Magnus Olafssopn, Reykjavik. Kilde RODS.
Magnus Ólafsson. Gullfoss 1907. Kilde: RODS, Peter Randløv.
Gletscher. Jökulsås udspring på Solheimasandur. Kilde: RODS.
Magnus Olafssopn, Reykjavik: På hesteryg. Kilde RODS.
Magnus Olafssopn, Reykjavik. Kilde RODS.
Magnus Olafssopn, Reykjavik. Kilde RODS.
Magnus Olafssopn, Reykjavik. Kilde RODS.