About Volundur Jonsson Photographs

Völundur is born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland in 1984.

Studied photography in Iðnskólinn in Reykjavík College and then went on to study photography in Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand.

During his studies he took on freelance work for Iceland’s main newspapers and glossy magazines, earning himself a reputation of being a flexible and able photographer.

He has won numerous awards for his photography both nationally and internationally and was a staff photographer for Fréttablaðið newspaper at 365 Media Corporation in 2007. He has worked as a freelance photographer since January 2008 and has been published in the main newspapers in Iceland during that time alongside working for individual contractors in the design media.His work has appeared in print in Iceland and abroad gaining him a reputation as a versatile and skillful photographer. Völundur received nomination and became the runner up for the DAC awards in New Zealand. Völundur also worked as a board member for Iceland’s biggest internet community for amateur photographers during it’s starting years.

In 2009 Völundur was the representative for Icelandic young photojournalists in a joint Nordic masterclass of photojournalism, lead by esteemed photographers Sören Pagter, Fred Ritchin, Tina Enghoff and Kent Klich.

Today his work mostly evolves around landscapes on location and representing artwork in photographs.

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