Barflies : Reykjavik

English

ISBN: 1576874419

EAN: 9781576874417

Category: Travel / Europe / Iceland & Greenland/Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural/Photography / Subjects & Themes / Portraits/Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior/Travel / Restaurants/

Publisher: powerHouse Cultural Entertainment, Incorporated

Release Date: 09/09/2011

Synopsis: In 1993 in Reykjaviacute;k, Iceland, a bar named Kaffibarinn Frikki & Dyacute;rieth; opened its doors to the public. It was a small place on two floors, in a modest, old corrugated iron house on a side street near Reykjaviacute;krss main shopping drag. In its first year, the electric atmosphere at this bar became the source of legends, and Kaffibarinn (as it was commonly known) became the epicenter of Icelandrss Gen-X. The people portrayed inBarflies: Reykjaviacute;kare the Kaffibarinn regulars, the people who made up the scene: Bartenders, musicians, actors, actresses, writers, models, entrepreneurs, photographers, computer geeks, students, filmmakers, artists, and some just plain old barflies with nothing much to report. All of the portraits were shot within a short time period, and each subject was shot only once. All of the pictures are framed in the same way, shot with the same camera, the same lens and the same film, against the same background, and with the same lighting. The camera used was an old Hasselblad with a Polaroid back, which the Snorri Bros decided not to clean-this only increased the charm of the resulting images. The pictures in the book originally appeared in an exhibition in Reykjaviacute;k in April of 1994, to favorable reviews. Since then, they have scarcely seen the light of day...until now.

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Barflies : Reykjavik

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.3 inches

Width: 9.95 inches

Length: 10.05 inches

Weight: 28.85 oz

Pages: 112