Reykjavík, Iceland
4 reviews$300 - $750 / Day
Request QuoteBorn in Reykjavik, Iceland; Egill Bjarnason first left home at eighteen to be immersed in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The camera has since been his greatest travel companion and a window to the world’s less explored corners. As a Fulbright Foreign Student grantee, he earned a Master’s degree in social documentation at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he also worked as a teaching assistant in photography and statistics for two years.
July • 2017
Egill was excellent to work with. I needed a fixer to help tie up some loose ends and track down some final elements for a shoot in Iceland. He replied quickly to my inquiry and was able to start the following morning. He had the right contacts and was able to put me in touch with the people I needed. He also set up a shoot for us that required a bit of negotiating. I would definitely recommend Egill to others.
November • 2016
"Egill’s work was beyond what I could’ve hoped for. Truly wonderful quality, and met the brief 100%. We will definitely work with him again." - Sakhr Al-Makhadhi, AJ+ Middle East editor.
April • 2016
" Egill was an excellent communicator and returned solid footage to us more quickly than expected." - Sarah Murphy, AJ+ Europe editor
Produced for The New York Times
From Reykjavik, I worked with London-based staff writer Dan Bilefsky on two reports about the murder of a young woman in Iceland.
Produced for Hakai Magazine
Produced for AJPlus
Motorcycles are the way to go in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda alone has about 200,000 registered motorcycle shuttles—popularly known as boda bodas. The numbers are growing, partly because chronic traffic jams in cities like Kampala make the bikes more efficient. In this huge pool of drivers, female drivers are still a novelty.
Produced for AJPlus
Meet the Ugandan man who's building houses from plastic bottles.
Produced for Al Jazeera English - Digital
Arranged interviews, scouted locations, and coordinated logistics for the filming of AJEats, a travel program on food and culture in select world cities
Produced for The Lonely Planet
Selected and reviewed 10 bars in Reykjavík and shot related photographs.
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