Mats Wibe Lund – FREE AS A BIRD
14-18 / 10-17
On October 17th the Nordic House opens a photo exhibition in Black Box with beautiful images by the Norwegian photographer Mats Wibe Lund.
The exhibition shows 53 large images from Mats Wibe Lunds 60 year long career as a photographer.
Lund has exhibited his images multiple times both in Iceland and abroad. The exhibition is held in the occasion of the publication of the book, Free as a bird where his photographic career is Tracked with images and stories.
Entrance to the exhibition is free
opening hours are:
Mon-Fri. 14-18
Sat-Sun. 10-17
About him
In the summer of 1954, a young Norwegian student, Mats Wibe Lund, sailed to Iceland in search of adventure, following in the footsteps of his Viking ancestors who had settled there almost 1,100 years before. On arrival, he participated in an archaeological excavation at the medieval cathedral church and bishopric at Skálholt, and later that same summer travelled extensively around the country. Following that first visit, Mats returned to Iceland some 25 times on a variety of photographic and journalistic assignments, before finally settling down in Reykjavik in 1966. Over the years, he has recorded at first hand many of the profound changes which have taken place in Icelandic society over the past five decades. Mats Wibe Lund studied aerial photography in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, with NATO in France, and at college in Germany from 1956-62. For several decades he operated his own photographic wholesale and retail firm, along with a portrait studio and a commercial photo lab. Today, his extensive library includes some 300,000 photographs spanning more than 50 years of Icelandic history. To offer his clients the best service possible, Mats is at present scanning his extensive analogue works and entering them into digital storage and presentation for publication and general use. His works are delivered either on the Internet or CD-ROM with files tailored to fit the exact needs of the customer or as huge decor photos. Mats Wibe Lund’s work reflects Iceland in all its many and varied shades and moods, presented through a spectrum of scenic compositions and stunning landscapes captured from the ground and in the air. No matter the season, he still pursues his passion for aerial photography with the same single-minded passion, flying all over the country in search of new subjects and the perfect light. Today, Mats decor photos adorn thousands of homes, companies and public buildings all over the world and some have been presented as gifts by the Icelandic government to visiting heads of state. Over the years, he has taken part in several joint exhibitions both in Iceland and abroad and staged numerous one-man exhibitions in his adopted country.
www.mats.is
mats@mats.is
