Official opening of Trivoxphoto.com and Ruriksson.com

Today, March 1st 2010, is the official opening of Trivoxphoto.com and Ruriksson.com.

Trivoxphoto.com is the portfolio of three Icelandic photographic artist, a father and his two sons, with decades of combined experience in photography. Ruriksson.com is the blog outlet of our site. Our work is available for purchase as Rights-Managed downloads for commercial and editorial use. Fine Art Prints will be available for purchase in near future.

We specialize in aerial, landscape, fine art and geological (more coming soon) photography. Our image archive is updated on a regular basis with new pictures from our growing library of hundreds of thousands of film and digital images. Majority of our images have been captured on Hasselblad and Nikon cameras.

“Like” our page on Facebook to be entered into sweepstakes for a Special Edition Signed 30x45cm Metallic Fine Art Print.*

Images – Images by Trivoxphoto.com

Björn Rúriksson (Age 59) has been photographing for several decades. With a background in macroeconomics, business administration, geology and aviation, Björn has had a prolific career over the years.

He has authored and co-authored various educational books, films and TV-Programs.

Held lectures at over 60 universities, institutions and clubs internationally, including Harvard Law School, The Royal Geographical Society in London, The Explorers Club in New York, Denver Museum of Natural History, U.S. Geological Survey and the Franklin Institute.

Authored and created several books, including “Iceland from Above”, a journey through the grand features of Iceland’s geology, and “The Beauty of Iceland”, describing Iceland’s Natural wonders and “The Westman Islands”, a picturesque essay of man and his natural environment. Been published in several international magazines including The Geographic Magazine and Geo. Published geology slides sets sold to school authorities in several countries.

Björn has participated, consulted and conducted project orientation in several projects for the Smithsonian Institution, American Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Administration (NASA), TIME-LIFE, THE TIMES-BOOKS in the US and UK; GEO in New York and Hamburg, Germany; The Times-Books in Singapore; Hasselblad, Skånska and Esselte in Sweden; Gyldendal in Denmark and BBC in London.

Björn has held numerous one-man’s exhibitions in landscape and art photography including:

# 2002: Swarovsky’s Crystal World Museum, Wattens, Austria. Attendance in excess of 500.000 guests
# 1988: Shouni Museum in Tokyo
# 1987: Scandinavian Airlines Headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden
# 1985: Lincoln Center in New York
# 1985: American Scandinavian Foundation in New York
# 1983: Sicof in Milan, Italy
# 1982: Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle
# 1982: Meridian House in Washington DC
# 1981: The Reykjavik Municipal Art Gallery – Kjarvalsstaðir
# 1981: Newark Art Museum in New Jersey
# 1980: Nikon House, Rockefeller Center in New York

Björn’s artwork is in possession of numerous Art Collections and Galleries including:

JP Morgan/Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection, Citicorp, Hewlett Packard, The Braseth Collection Seattle, American Embassy Luxembourg, McGraw Museum Ohio, Harvard University Boston, Bank of Iceland, The National Bank of Iceland, The Central Bank of Iceland, American Scandinavian Foundation, Newark Museum, The Sicof Gallery Milan Italy and Swarovsky Austria.

Rúrik Karl Björnsson (Age 22) is currently a student at Bifröst University studying Business Administration. He has previously studied at SungKyunKwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and at the Commercial College of Iceland.

Rúrik’s work has been displayed in several magazines, books and exhibitions.

Birkir Örn Björnsson (Age 15) images have been published in the book “Click: The Ultimate Photography Guide for Generation Now”.

_{*The 1st 3000 fans will be entered into a sweepstakes. Valid worldwide. The “Prize” is a Special edition signed 30x45cm Metallic Fine Art Print plus shipping. Winner may choose an image of his/her own choice. Note: some images are not eligible as a prize. Prize does not include a frame.}

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