Playtime
by gsal

Comment by Iraklis:
Hey! This is good!!!

Two Girls
by gsal

Comment by smardaz:
i am a big fan of foreground blur...i dont know why, as usual your b&w technique is great

Playtime
by gsal

Comment by tnun:
Love the moment and freshness of the front boy's face as he goes his own way - the way I imagine posthumous as a boy. For some reason. Maybe to do with your style. Concentrated but unforced impact.

On A Windy Day
by gsal

Comment by Jedusi:
Delightful shy smile - and I love how the red grabs the eye and draws you in.

Fascinating story of how you come to take the shots Gunnar - I'm still not sure you could manage something like this in the UK. Maybe in a small village school I guess . . but all it would take is for one parent to be unhappy and I'm sure the whole thing would have to stop.

Very sad - because you are genuinely capturing moments, vignettes if you like, of their school days in a truly unique way and to a higher quality than many of them would ever have otherwise.

On A Windy Day
by gsal

Comment by gsal:
To answer your questions: Late 2008 I asked the head teacher of this school in Reykjavik for permission to take photos of the kids during recess. He said yes. I posted some photos on the school´s website so every teacher was aware of this guy with the camera. Last summer I had an outdoor exhibition in Reykjavik with some of the images. After the exhibition I gave the photos to the school. The kids know me, the parents are familiar with my images, and I usually come there during my lunchtime, just a short walk from work.

All the best... and thanks for asking.

On A Windy Day
by gsal

Comment by citymars:

Originally posted by smardaz: lovely as usual, i am curious as to how you have access to these kids? in the US if I sat by a school and took pics of kids i would probably be arrested in short order!

I swear to God, I was just going to make an almost identical comment to smardaz's. Either you are a trusted parent, a locally famous photographer, or Iceland doesn't have their collective panties in a knot about how everyone's a potential predator.

On A Windy Day
by gsal

Comment by smardaz:
lovely as usual, i am curious as to how you have access to these kids? in the US if I sat by a school and took pics of kids i would probably be arrested in short order!

Perfect Profile
by gsal

Comment by Jutilda:
You titled this perfectly.

Playtime
by gsal

Comment by stevieian:
This image was totally underrated in my book. I guess nobody reads my book ...

Playtime
by gsal

Comment by posthumous:
of course... I knew I was forgetting someone.