A day in my life in Lífið Newspaper

This morning Lífið newspaper came out with an interview with me about a day in my li

My friend sent me this image of the paper :) 

If you are in Iceland have a look, but for everyone else here is the English version + more images

Tuesday the 4th of February

First of all I have to say that no 2 days in my life are the same. Being a fashion photographer doesn't mean that you have a photoshoot each day as much time is spent in researching and post production, this was one of those days and it was a bit funky to be honest :)

7am - Woke up, got dressed and had breakfast, this time a chia seed pudding with fresh berries and a banana, a glass of water and vitamins.

9am - The week before I was offered a free haircut at Vidal Sassoon, e.g. to be a hair model for a trainee and get a free haircut. I decided to go if she would agree on not changing my hairstyle but just trim it. That was pretty nice :)

11am - I went to the LCF library to study for my dissertation. I took a photo of the University's Vogue collection. There you see Vogue's from 1929, from UK, USA, Japan, France and Italy.

Beautiful editorial from British Vogue 1969

1pm - I met my friend Hera Hilmar and we went to have our auras photographed. For those who don't know what aura is, it is the energy that surrounds each and every person. Everyones aura is different and different colours and shapes have different meaning. I originally went there as a part of my research for my final major project. I think it is important to step out of the box and explore different mediums to be inspired. Whether people believe it is true or not, I don't really care, I really enjoyed the experience and it is going straight to my sketchbook :)

Me and Hera looking happy after our Aura photos

 3pm - Me and Hera had lunch at Pot and read our Aura reports :) 17 pages about the meaning of our Aura and our Chakras. 

A very pixilated image of my Aura. How cool is it though !

 5pm - I went back to uni to scan in some films but unfortunately there were no free scanners this time so instead I went home and worked on some artist portraits I had shot the day before.

20:30 pm - I went for a run. Me and my friend Sandra are running buddies, although she is in Iceland and I am here in London. We use the app Runkeeper to encourage each other and to track our records. I really recommend the app, it really gets you going.

21:30 pm - Late dinner that my boyfriend Hilmar, cooked for me.

23:30 pm - bedtime

:) 

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Now this lets get London Fashion Week started :) !!!! See you at Somerset House !

x Íris Björk

Right now

This is what I am doing right now - filling in my diary for 2014 :) it will be a busy year.

I have been very lucky to have some press about my new video Hypnotized, please have a look at my interview with Bast magazine ** :) !!!

http://bast-magazine.com/interviews/iris-bjork-photographer

And I was also featured on Reykjavik Boulevard this week

http://www.reykjavikboulevard.com/hypnotized-by-iris-bjork-fashion-video-from-iceland/ 

♥♥♥

 x iris bjork

Interview in Monitor Newspaper

Today there is an interview with me in Icelandic newspaper Monitor <3 

If you want to have a look click HERE

I have also just updated my website so please take a look at www.irisbjork.com

Ég er nýbúin að bóka mér far heim til Íslands 17 desember til 8 janúar og er því byrjuð að taka bókanir. Endilega hafið samband í irisbjork@irisbjork.com ef að það er eitthvað sem ég get gert fyrir ykkur. :)

* I am still wondering if someone else is having the same trouble with the colours in blogspot ? If you have seen the original images above you would notice that the colours are different and therefore I cannot blog new images.  Please let me know if you know how to fix this. Thank you

x iris

Pink Friday - Breast Cancer Awareness

A photo of me for Icelandic newspaper Lífið today *

Today is the Pink Friday in Iceland to race awareness to breast cancer. 

The photo is for a column about the colour pink :)

You can see an online version of the newspaper here

Shirt: Spuutnik Vintage in Iceland, Skirt: Rockit Vintage

x iris

Fashionstyleologer - London Street Style book with my work and myself

Yesterday was the first time i saw myself and my work published in a book !

 What a great feeling that is !

Earlier this year I shot 4 lovely gentlemen for Fashionstyleologer a new book launched yesterday showcasing London street fashion. See behind the scenes HERE.  

I am also very honoured to be in the book myself, photographed by Valerie Masalevich

Fashionstyleologer: London Street Style

200 Fashionistas

100 Streets

50 Exclusive Photographers

25 Nationalities

Selected images from the book are now being exhibited today the 13th and tomorrow the 14th at: 

Gallery Different

14 Percy Street

London

W1T 1DR

If you are in London I recommend you take a look and get yourselfs a copy of the book, the exhibition is only 5 minute walk from Tottenham Court Road station

With fellow Icelandic Photographer Fannar Sveinn Guðmundsson that was very kind and sent me the top 2 images: http://fannars.tumblr.com 

With Velsvoir brothers - next to the image I shot of Zac Velsvoir ( to the right ) 

 (image: Fannar Sveinn)

And some extra images shot on a phone

 With the book :)

 Pavel Kaczorowski

 Talha Velsvoir

 Zac Velsvoir

 Mr. Boy

 And myself :) !

x iris bjork

Hera Hilmar for Lífið

This week I shot a very talented actress, Hera Hilmar from Da Vinci's Demonds for Icelandic newspaper Lífið <3

Ég mæli með að allir lesi viðtalið við hana HÉR

Journalist Marin Manda shot some behind the scene images

x iris

Award : Excellence in Creative Fashion Editorial :)

Last week I was awarded 'Excellence in Creative Fashion Editorial 2013´ from my university London College of Fashion :)

This award makes me very happy, especially because I am being awarded for the thing I love to do the most:)! and also because I did not receive this because I have the highest grades. Not saying that grades don't matter at all but in the real world of photography no one is going to ask you about how high your grades were in University, even some of the most famous photographers in the world have never ever studied any photography at all!

This one is only because of my pictures, which in the end is the only thing that matters to me :) happyhappy

Update: Here is a little interview with me about the award in an Icelandic newspaper http://www.visir.is/hlaut-vidurkenningu-fyrir-tiskuthatt/article/2013707029991

x iris

Hildur Mist + Iris Bjork on London College of Fashion facebook and twitter

 Yesterday I realized that my university, London College of Fashion is using one of my images as their cover photo on Facebook, and two of their Twitter pages :D !!

I took this image of the male model when I was shooting a lookbook for my talented friend Hildur Mist that has just graduated from BA Fashion Design Technology: Menswear  http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/hildurmist 

They found it on Hildur's Showtime and asked her if they could use it on postcards/handouts on the information days they are holding this June but apparently they have decided to use it in their social media pages as well :)

I think this is pretty cool and I am super proud of Hildur :) !

x iris

Bird on a Wire Vintage - interview

My interview with Bird on a Wire Vintage :) :)

See the full interview here :

http://www.birdonawirevintage.com/blogs/news/7656411-boaw-meets

x iris

Guilty Pleasure - editorial and interview in The Mark Magazine

Sugar Rush is a mini editorial that I created with my good friends and super talents Peggy, Adam and Mishka **

It is now published in The Mark Magazine :)

 Photography Íris Björk

Styling Peggy Gould

Hair and Makeup Adam Csoka Keller

Model Mishka Kovácová

There is also an interview with me in the magazine you can read it here in both English and Portuguese :)

( change the language in the left corner )

For better quality
www.irisbjork.com 
x iris

Switzerland

Over the last few days I have been in Switzerland for my boyfriends graduation. Sorry if I haven't answered all your emails - I will get back to everyone tomorrow :) !

Here are a few photos from the trip**

Also please check my feature in Reykjavik Boulevard : http://www.reykjavikboulevard.com/iris-bjork/   :)

x iris