Last day so it's time to summarize.
What I love in Iceland is the sense of freedom and passion - you can leave your baby outside a store in a stroller without worrying of some overeager fellow citizen calling to social services or you can go to a cafe/bar (same thing) with your 7 y old son and nobody notices - even if you order a pint of beer. And it's not that Iceland is somehow safer that other countries but they are just not that scared by the media. Driving in Iceland is a pleasure - although road conditions can be pretty hard sometimes. Traffic is not a complete chaos as in Mexico, but it's not the "I have the right according to the law" attitude either. Art is highly valued and small business flourishes e.g. good waiters are hard to find cause so many starts their own business. I also like the way Icelanders value their own country - everything is best in Iceland (best i heimi). Of course it's partly just small mans syndrome, but underneath the bragging there is real respect and humbleness. And Icelanders still protest (in the streets not in facebook) and have strikes - maybe reading books has something to do with it.
The downs - Reykjavik is quite ugly town. Sure there are some nice old houses, but they are buried under the modern architecture which is ok at best, but mainly just over sized phalluses. But it's like all art - where money is scarce beauty can exist. A good example is the opera house Harpa - it's just pompous (look's better inside though - I hope the acoustics are good). The town is not ugly like some Russian suburb (or Kouvola) but it's not far either. The famous Icelandic nature is beautiful but many areas are just endless lava fields and resembles other volcanic islands (just less vegetation). I guess it's different in summer but then everything is even more expensive and more people sharing it (at the same time).
ps. Special thanks to other photographers (Hákon, Sunna and Heiða) at Birtíngur.
The last set of pictures..
I. Best friends - weekly theme.
II. A makeupartist who is married to a famous (Icelandic famous) actor and they are having a baby. First two shots were done inside a cafe just beside toilets.
III. Eurovision singer. Shot in a theater.
IV. Some designer.
V. Clothes again (+ the guy wearing them).
VI. Single page shot i.e. text gonna be on top of the picture.
VII. The last work at the magazine.
VIII. Snæfellsnes
Shitty picture aka. all that is white is not snow
