#28: ‘Come to Harm’ in Screen Daily
Screen Daily had some nice things to say about 'Come to Harm.'
http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/a-thrilling-talent-to-watch/5034626.article
#27: A SUNNY DAY IN LONDON.
#26: At dusk, everyone is beautiful. Popaganda, Stockholm.
I spent the weekend at Popaganda music festival in Stockholm. At dusk, everyone is beautiful. The Swedes just a little more so.
#25: NIKITA SS12
A selection of images from the Nikita SS12 collection, shot in May 2011 on the south coast of Iceland.
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All clothing by Nikita. Hair & makeup by Fríða María. Models: Andrea Röfn, Kolfinna & Sara Karen. Photographic assistant: Héðinn Eiríksson. Post production by Jamie Farquharson.
#24: Images from the Nikita SS12 swimwear collection.
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All clothing by Nikita (www.nikitaclothing.com). Hair & makeup by Fríða María. Models: Andrea Röfn, Bryndís & Rós. Photographic assistant: Héðinn Eiríksson. Post production by Jamie Farquharson.
#23: Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason for ‘Music For Solaris.’
A part of the artwork for the forthcoming album from Bedroom Community (www.bedroomcommunity.net).
“The piece, fully named 'We don't need other worlds, we need mirrors - Music for Solaris', marks the 50th anniversary of the original novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and is inspired by Andre Tarkovsky’s 1972 film of the same name. Created for 29 string players, 2 percussionists, prepared piano, guitars and electronics, Solaris has its beginnings in both Lem's original novel and the 1972 film adaptation by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. It is a re-imagined soundtrack for a film so still as to become almost absent, a story in sound, and an exploration of an interior cosmos. Integral to the project are a series of "film manipulations" specially created by Brian Eno and Nick Robertson, drawing on moments from the original Tarkovsky film to create a visual parallel to the music of Ben, Daníel and the Sinfonietta Cracovia.”
From the Bedroom Community blog.
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Photographer: Börkur Sigþórsson
Stylist: Ellen Loftsdóttir
Gaffer: Ásgrimur Guðbjartsson
Make up: Steinunn Þórðardóttir
Art director: Heimir Sverrisson
Post production: Jamie Farquharson
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#22: A NEW SPOT FOR KRINGLAN
A new spot for in the recent campaign for Kringlan shopping mall in Reykjavík, through Jónsson & Le'macks.
Kringlan 'Umbrella'
#21: Come To Harm – trailer
The barren, concrete landscape of contemporary Reykjavik contributes the setting for the short thriller (18 mins), which tells the story of Stefan, whose life is slipping into turmoil. When he senses an intruder in his home, panic quickly turns to grim determination.
The film will premiere in 2011.
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'Come to Harm' - trailer from Börkur Sigthorsson on Vimeo.
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Starring: Björn Thors, Gísli Björn Rúnarsson, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jón Páll Eyjólfsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Magnús Ragnarsson.
Editing: Thomas Lindsay
Cinematography: G. Magni Ágústsson, ÍKS
Production design: Þóranna Björnsdóttir
Sound design: Gunnar Óskarsson
Music composed by: Daníel Bjarnason
Costume design: Ellen Loftsdóttir
Executive producers: Sæmundur Norðfjörð, Jessica Petelle & Brad Turner
Co-producer: Björn Thors
Produced by: Sindri Kjartansson & Börkur Sigþórsson
Written and directed by: Börkur Sigþórsson
A Republik Film Productions & B Pictures production in collaboration with the Icelandic Film Centre and Prime Focus.
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#19: Cintamani
This is from a brand spanking new campaign for the outerwear brand “Cintamani,” shot deep within the sprawling concrete jungles of Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Agency: Íslenska auglýsingastofan
Creative: Ármann Agnarsson
Producer: Berglind Laxdal
Illustrations: Harpa Einars
Props & rigs: Aron Bergmann
Styling: Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Photographic assistant: Héðinn Eiríksson
Grip: Siggi Bahamas
Make up: Steinunn Þórðardóttir
Post production: Jamie Farquharson
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#18: Kringlan
Images from a campaign for the "Kringlan" shopping center. Shot in Reykjavik in October 2010 for Jónsson & Le'macks (http://jl.is/).
I shot the print ads and co- directed the TV spots with Daníel Freyr Atlason, aka the Monster of Creation (pictured).
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Client: Kringlan
Agency: Jónsson & Le'macks
Creative: Daníel Freyr Atlason
Producer: Sara Jónsdóttir
Set design: Hálfdán Pedersen
Styling: Anna Clausen
Make up: Steinunn Þórðar
Model: Sif Ágústsdóttir
...and many more.
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#17: Andrea for GK Reykjavik.
Styling: Ellen Lofts. Makeup: Steinunn Þórðar. Hair: Gummi. Model: Andrea Röfn @ Elite.
#16: Nikita Selekzion FW/11
A few pics from the upcoming FW/11 Nikita Selekzion.
Shot on location in Miami, yessir.
All clothing by Nikita. Hair & makeup by Steinunn Þórðar. Models: Andrea Röfn, Gabby, Isabelle & Micha. Photographic assistant: Héðinn Eiríksson. Post production by Jamie Farquharson.
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#15: Come To Harm – behind the scenes.
I know what you're thinking.
Did she fire six shots or only five?
Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself...
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#14: COME TO HARM
For the past couple of years I’ve been working on a short film called Come to Harm. We started shooting in Reykjavik in October 2009 and finished in January 2011. The film is being produced by Republik in Iceland, in collaboration with The Icelandic Film Centre and Prime Focus London.
The short thriller tells the story of Stefan (Björn Thors), a successful businessman whose life has descended into turmoil following the breakdown of his marriage. When he senses an intruder in his home, panic quickly turns to grim determination. Stefan decides to stand up to his enemies and arm himself for the inevitable confrontation.
The film is currently being edited by Tom Lindsay at Trim in London and is set for release in May this year.
#13: NIKITA STREETWEAR SS/11
Images from the Nikita Streetwear collection SS/11, shot in Mexico, May 2010.
All clothing by Nikita. Hair & makeup by Steinunn Þórðar. Models: Andrea, Gabby & Isabelle. Photographic assistant: Charlie Kelly. Post production by Jamie Farquharson.
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#12: “CONDITIONS” ON SHOW IN LOS ANGELES
Here are some snaps from the Los Angeles show “Work In Progress” at Blythe Projects in Culver City, held in collaboration with MOCA Los Angeles and The Masses.
The show ran from January 23rd to February 25th 2010 and featured work, besides my own, by artists John Andolsek and Mark Schoening in addition to new work by sculptor Anthony James, paintings by multidisciplinary artist JK5 and video art by filmmaker and Masses founder Matt Amato.
My section consisted of images from my ongoing photographic project “CONDITIONS” as well as footage from an unfinished short film, “COME TO HARM” which will premiere in 2011.
Click here for more info on CONDITIONS:
www.blytheprojects.net/borkur
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#11: RECYCLE OR DIE
The superb Icelandic clothing label AFTUR just launched a new website:
www.aftur.is
They asked me to dig up a shoot I did with them in 2003 that I had forgotten about.
So, in the spirit of recycling - which is what AFTUR is all about - here are a few images from our shoot together, old to me and new to some.
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#10: A SELEKZION SELECTION.
A selection of images from the 2011 spring/summer collection for Nikita Selekzion, shot in Mexico last May. While we were shooting, we witnessed - appropriately enough - THE brightest shooting star I’ve ever seen. Which scared the shit out of me, since the beach we were on sits squat in the middle of the crater created by the nasty asteroid that killed all them dinosaurs. So, we nearly went extinct for these pictures. I hope you can appreciate that.
All clothing by Nikita. Hair & makeup by Steinunn Þórðar. Models: Andrea, Gabby & Isabelle. Photographic assistant: Charlie Kelly. Post production by Jamie Farquharson.
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#9: NEON NOIR
Here’s a shoot I did in Iceland earlier this year in collaboration with the super talented Ellen Lofts and Steinunn Thordardottir. The models are Tinna Bergs and Maria Birta.
Click here for the story in Contributor Magazine.
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#8: “FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING RETARDS!”
I just dug up these images I shot in 2006. Silvia Night epitomized all that was honest and pure about the excess and narcissism of the Icelandic boom years, culminating in her appearance on her country's behalf at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. I think of her a lot these days.
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#7: FELL ASLEEP AND WOKE UP IN A ROBERT PALMER VIDEO.
#6: THE BEACH ON AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SANTA AGUILA FOUNDATION.
On the 19th of May, The Santa Aguila Foundation (www.coastalcare.org) is organizing a fundraiser at the Hermes store in Beverly Hills. I am donating a print from my series, The Beach, to be auctioned off in support of the cause.
The foundation is spearheaded by Olaf and Eva Guerrand-Hermes, who have generously supported me in the past by acquiring a number of my prints.
The Beach was shot on a remote peninsula on the Westfjords of Iceland in October 2002. I brought a team of ten people out there on a borrowed coach that had been turned into a sleeper. We got there at 3 in the morning and drove the coach straight into a ditch. Being too tired to deal with it in the dark, we went to sleep.
The following morning it started snowing. We spent the day shooting on the beach, but because of the cold weather we could only shoot in short bursts before the girls turned purple. Fortunately there was an old geothermal pool down by the sea where we kept the girls warm between shots. By the time we finished, the problem of getting the coach out of the ditch remained.
A local farmer brought his tractor and pulled us out, but in the process the coach crashed into the tractor, severely damaging both vehicles. At that point it was quite late in the evening and the already treacherous mountain roads were iced over. The coach was equipped with tires that struggled on wet tarmac, let alone on the steep and icy mountain roads, so the hero farmer ended up pulling the coach over the mountain pass.
He took us to an old herring factory that moonlights as an inn, where we cooked loads of pasta and got drunk. After promising the farmer that I'd sort out the repair for his traumatized tractor, we headed back towards Reykjavík early the next morning in our severely banged up coach.
It took me a year to pay off the damages to the two vehicles, in installments, but the pictures turned out great.
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#5: LENNY IS LIKE A RADIOHEAD ALBUM.
This is Björn, my Los Angeles hero and savior. He lives in Highland Park with his dog, Lenny. Björn says Lenny is like a Radiohead album. At first you don't like it and think it's an abomination, then you slowly get used to it and eventually it consumes you and fills you with an overpowering feeling of love. Below is a picture of the nasty looking Lenny (black) posing with his very own, absurdly cute french bulldog, Moog (white). You can guess who gets all the pussy. Oh, and Lenny actually attacks postal workers. Highly resentful of authority, I think the uniform sets him off. Not surprisingly, he and Björn get along swimmingly.
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#4: In New Orleans everyone is nice.
Here are a few images from the last shoot I did with Nikita. We spent 3 weeks in New Orleans last fall, shooting the fall/winter collection for 2010. In New Orleans everyone is nice. Seriously. It's probably one of the most welcoming cities I've ever been to. You should go there. You'll love it. I'm not getting paid for writing this.
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#3: “I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE THIS, BUT YOU KINDA STAND OUT…”
I’m about to go on another Nikita shoot (www.nikitaclothing.com). Don’t know where we’re going yet, but here are some snaps from the last summer shoot. It was the 7th shoot I’ve done with them and I love those weird, intense trips we take. Usually Rúnar & Heiða, who run the company, throw a dart at a world map and off we go. This time they were aiming for The Bahamas and the dart hit Tampa. So we went to Miami.
One day we were shooting in what we thought was this really picturesque area: run down houses, all painted in pastels and lined up along massive, wide streets. We parked the cars and started shooting on a street corner. After a while I realized certain cars were cruising by us veeeery slowly with alarming regularity. I was starting to feel a little apprehensive when a police car drove up and asked us where we were from.
"I don't know if you realize this, but you kinda stand out."
Waving around expensive electronics while hanging out with a bunch of cute girls, who are feverishly dancing to gangster rap while simultaneously peeling off their clothes on a street corner in one of Miami's roughest ghettos was not his idea of blending in, apparently.
He told us there had been 5 armed robberies that same morning in that same neighborhood and we'd be well advised to get the hell out of there, fast.
"Welcome to America," he added sarcastically before driving off.
So we drove off to the Fashion District, where the girls could dance without being shot and raped.
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#2: Who? Me? Model?
We spotted Tashauna on Hallandale Beach while shooting swimwear for the Nikita streetwear collection SS/2010. She was there with her girlfriend and her girlfriend’s mom and immediately caught our eyes. She’s from Jamaica, but lives in Liberty City in Miami, a seriously dodgy area that we had been politely escorted out of a few days earlier by the police, who were afraid we'd be murdered. Stupid tourists. She’d never modeled before and looks like she could kick your butt. Or bust a cap in your ass.
#1: “BLOODY WELL SORT OUT YOUR WEBSITE.”
Since I take my camera everywhere and consequently need a place to stash all the pictures that keep piling up, I’ll gradually be trickling them into this section, along with other stuff that I deem worthy.
And since my mate Crispin has been telling me for years to “bloody well sort out your website,” I’m dedicating this first entry to him.
Crispin is a tropical creature that thrives best in temperatures well above 35° C, in areas bounteous with food and drink. These rare and intimate pictures are taken in his natural habitat.
