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  • Following the economic crisis in Iceland, many Icelanders' homes have remained unfinished. Thus, the birth of suburbs like Ulfarsvatn that resemble a ghost town.
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  • Many Icelanders have left Iceland to seek work abroad. Orn used to work at sea and he lost his job. He is now working in Oman.
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  • Surface mining in Iceland
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  • Surface mining in Iceland
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. The government took control of the three largest banks, whilst the Icelandic economy remain in unprecedented instability.  The population has lost confidence and trust in the government. Many losing their life savings and jobs. The situation remains even more precarious due to the lack of international aid loans and trade shrinking. A banner on the Parliament wall says "Who has stolen the cookies with the dollar sign?"
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. Demonstrators in Parliament Square in Reykjavik.
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  • Following the economic downturn in Iceland many people found jobless from one day to another. Bing is an IT Consultant working for the Landsbanki in Iceland. Although in maternity leave she found herself with no job to go back.
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  • Many Icelanders have left Iceland to seek work abroad. Orn used to work at sea and he lost his job. He is now working in Oman.
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. The government took control of the three largest banks, whilst the Icelandic economy remain in unprecedented instability.  The population has lost confidence and trust in the government. Many losing their life savings and jobs. The situation remains even more precariuos due to the lack of international aid loans and trade shrinking.
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  • Kimono performing at the Iceland Airwaves music festival. Nasa Club, Reykjavik
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. The government took control of the three largest banks, whilst the Icelandic economy remain in unprecedented instability.  The population has lost confidence and trust in the government. Many losing their life savings and jobs. The situation remains even more precariuos due to the lack of international aid loans and trade shrinking.
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  • A wroker in the longest tunnel for the construction of Karahnjukar dam. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • Hardly visited before the economic crisis hit Iceland, today Godi Hirdirinn, a second hand shop in Reykjavik is a very popular shop. It has queues every day before opening.
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  • Every Saturday demonstrators from every part ot Iceland would go to  the city of Reykjavik in front of the Parliament staging a demonstration and demanding to have their money back.
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  • following the economic breakdown of Iceland, many shops have closed down or moved in smaller and less central areas.  Many premises in Reyjavik are for rent.
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  • Whaling boat, Iceland.
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  • Demonstrator outside the Icelandic  Parliament.
    Iceland
  • "We protest" banner in Babalu Coffee shop in centre town, Reykjavik. The banner epitomise the frustration of the Icelanders towards the government involvement in the banking collapse of the country.
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  • Icelanders are shopping in second hand shops. Something unheard of before the crisis. Many second hand shops have opened in Reykjavik. Godi Hirdirinn alias The Good Shepherd collects unwanted furnitures and bric a brac and sells it cheaply.
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  • Icelandic landscape in the central highlands. Langjokull, the long glacier.
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  • Icelanders demonstrating against the government. Reykjavik, January 2009
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  • Kolaportið, the weekend flea market next to Reykjavik harbour.  It is really the alternative to the shopping street trades. Kolaportið is a mix between a car boot sale and a flea market, between people looking to clear their load of storage stuff and those that have serious stalls. Kolaportid has also a fish market where one can buy some Icelandic specialities like Harðfiskur (dried fish), whale meat and rotten shark.
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  • A banner saying "New Iceland Now" in one of the demonstration against the corruption of the government that made the Iceland economy crumble.
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  • Today, Ulfarvatn a suburb area of Reykjavik is a ghost town. This area was supposed to be a inner city heaven within a natural habitat. It has not connection with the rest of Reykjavik as there is no school, public transport, health. It was meant to house 4.000 people.Only 200 people have moved into the area. Most homes are not finished as people suddenly did not have any longer money. Magnus and Drifa are among the very people that is living in Ulfarsvatn.
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  • Tommi White dj performing at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland during the Iceland Airwaves music festival.
    Tommi White
  • The Kills playing during the Iceland Airwaves. Club Nasa, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003
    The Kills
  • Langjokull, long glacier, in Iceland. The glacier is in central highlands.
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  • Langjokull, long glacier, in Iceland. The glacier is in central highlands.
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  • Langjokull, long glacier, in Iceland. The glacier is in central highlands.
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  • Langjokull, long glacier, in Iceland. The glacier is in central highlands.
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  • Workers coming out from one of the tunnels in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • Today, Ulfarvatn, a suburb  of Reykjavik is a ghost area. It was meant to become a fashionable inner city residential heaven with up to 4.000 people to build their homes there. Today they are hardly 200 people living in the area in a surrounding that hardly resemble a town. Most homes in fact are unfinished due to the sudden economic collapse of the country. Services such as medical, schooling, transport are non existent. Magnus and Drifa are among the very few people that managed to move in Ulfarsvatn.
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  • Iceland landscape in the central highlands of the country.
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  • Workers in the early morning hours ending their night shift in one of the tunnels. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Iceland landscape in the central highlands of the country.
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  • Iceland landscape in the central highlands of the country.
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  • A woman sits in a coffee shop situated in a remote area on the north-east part of Iceland. The coffee shop was temporarily opened to cater the workers building a dam.
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  • Iceland landscape in the central highlands of the country.
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  • Iceland landscape in the central highlands of the country.
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  • Langjokull, long glacier, in Iceland. The glacier is in central highlands.
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  • Iceland Airwaves, The Kills, Nasa Club, Reykjavik
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  • One worker going back to his room after his work shift. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Over 5.000 workers from around the world were employed in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam in Iceland and a temporary camp was built for this community.
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  • Postcards of a beautiful Iceland in the only supermarket on the highland camp where the workers of the Karahnjukar dam live.
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  • Today, Ulfarvatn, a suburb  of Reykjavik is a ghost area. It was meant to become a fashionable inner city residential heaven with up to 4.000 people to build their homes there. Today they are hardly 200 people living in the area in a surrounding that hardly resemble a town. Most homes in fact are unfinished due to the sudden economic collapse of the country. Services such as medical, schooling, transport are non existent. Magnus and his family are among the very few people that managed to move in Ulfarsvatn.
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  • The construction of Karahnjukar is one of the most ambitious project ever being made in Iceland. The dam is one of the largest in the world.
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  • Red Cross second hand shop in Reykjavik.
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  • The highland camp with its 1.500 workers became the fifth largest city in Iceland. The camp is like an autonomous space where everything runs for its workers. This is the laundry operation for the workers.
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  • Nylo is the first non profit artist run organisation in Iceland. Nylo has defied many stereotypes and has had a history of avant guard, dialogue and interdisciplinary development. Nina Magnusdottir, director, Nylo,Reykjavik.
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  • Runar owner of Granda Kaffi,  traditional icelandic restaurant on the Reykjavik harbour. The restaurant opens at 6 in the morning and it has a regular clients of sailors. The food is traditional and at least once a week from the fish catch of the day.
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  • Today, Ulfarvatn a suburb area of Reykjavik is a ghost town. This area was supposed to be a inner city heaven within a natural habitat. It has not connection with the rest of Reykjavik as there is no school, public transport, health. It was meant to house 4.000 people.Only 200 people have moved into the area. Most homes are not finished as people suddenly did not have any longer money. Magnus with his family are among the very few people that is living in Ulfarsvatn.
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  • Some workers have their families living with them. These are generally those that were on long contract.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA (Reykjavik municipal waste company) exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is the production facilities for cleaning and producing gas. Alfanes landfill.
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  • Alfsnes Landfill serves the greater capital area of Reykjavik. It is owned by SORPA a Waste Management company which among other things collects the landfill gas and utilize it if possible. Thus, the creation of a daughter company called Metan which exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is the site where waste is collected, sucked, buried and pipes with holes inserted. These pipes will collect the natural gas created by the waste disintegration.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA (Reykjavik municipal waste company) exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is the production facilities for cleaning and producing gas.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA (Reykjavik municipal waste company) exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. Alfanes, landfill serves the greater capital area of Reykjavik.
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  • Rebecca Erin Moran is the founder of Kino Klubbur in Reykjavik, a micro cinema dedicated to screening films that are experimental and avant garde in nature, art based and with a narrative that escapes standard guidelines.
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  • Nytjamarkadurinn is a second hand shop opened with the funding of Karleikurinn Church.The concept behind the opening of the store is to generate funds for the ABC children charity. Since the economic collapse Reykjavik has seen a surge in second hand shops.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA (Reykjavik municipal waste company) exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is the production facilities for cleaning and producing gas. Connection manifold for methane collection.
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  • Alfsnes Landfill serves the greater capital area of Reykjavik. It is owned by SORPA a Waste Management company which among other things collects the landfill gas and utilize it if possible. Thus, the creation of a daughter company called Metan which exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is the site where waste is collected, sucked, buried and pipes with holes inserted. These pipes will collect the natural gas created by the waste disintegration.
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  • Most workers unless with families live only in a room in the highland camp. Normally these were subdivided by various contractors.
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  • Nytjamarkadurinn is a second hand shop opened with the funding of Karleikurinn Church.The concept behind the opening of the store is to generate funds for the ABC children charity.
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  • Workers live in the highland camps under the largest European glacier Vatnjokul. Some workers with long contracts took the family to live with them.
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  • Patrizia, from Italy. She works as a bar attendant in the Impregilo camp's club. The Italian company, Impregilo, is one of the main companies contracted for the construction of the dam. Controversially, it is also among the most criticised in the way it handles the workers rights.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA (Reykjavik municipal waste company) exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. Alfanes, landfill serves the greater capital area of Reykjavik.
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  • Some workers that have a long term contract brought with them their families, which were to stay at the highland camps.
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  • At one point the highland camp had 1.500 workers, skilled and unskilled from everywhere in the world. Workers watching a football match in the social club.
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  • Items for sale in the workers highland camp in one of the two shops serving 1.500 workers.
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  • Rebecca Erin Moran is the founder of Kino Klubbur in Reykjavik, a micro cinema dedicated to screening films that are experimental and avant garde in nature, art based and with a narrative that escapes standard guidelines.
    Rebecca Erin Moran
  • Following the economic crisis in Iceland, many Icelanders' homes have remained unfinished. Thus, the birth of suburbs like Ulfarsvatn that resemble a ghost town. Signs that offer the houses to let for homes that are not finished yet. The suburb meant to be a very elegant area was meant to house around 4.000 people however only 200 people are living in the area.
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  • Swimming in the cold sea is an Icelandic custom that was slowly vanishing,however since the economic crisis this custom has revamped. It is in fact believed  to be a way to destress and to cope with life obstacles.
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  • Kolaportið, the weekend flea market next to Reykjavik harbour.  It is really the alternative to the shopping street trades. Kolaportið is a mix between a car boot sale and a flea market, between people looking to clear their load of storage stuff and those that have serious stalls. Kolaportid has also a fish market where one can buy some Icelandic specialities like Harðfiskur (dried fish), whale meat and rotten shark.
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  • A commission from the National Power Company in Iceland, Landsvirkjun to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
    LANDSVIRKJUN (National Power Company..and)
  • Commissioned by Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland,  to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
    LANDSVIRKJUN (National Power Company..and)
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  • Kimono, music band, Reykjavik, Iceland.
    Kimono
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  • Portrait for Reykjavik to Reykjavik book. 2010.
    Reykjavik to Reykjavik
  • Some workers that have a long term contract brought with them their families, which were to stay at the highland camps.
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  • Metan, a daughter company owned by SORPA exclusively markets and distributes energy in the form of electricity, raw gas (landfill gas) and upgrades methane. It also does a lot of research in the field of methane biogas/landfill gas utilization. This is a part of the refining equipment.
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  • Gaetano Viscardi, an Italian worker in his accommodation. This is a bed, a wardrobe and no much else.
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