Solheimasandur and Seljavallalaug
Landmannalaugar – Iceland
Volcano Iceland 2022
ICELAND VOLCANO 2021
I hiked up to the volcanic eruption last night with my favorite camera, Sigma fp. The eruption has only been going for a week or so but the lava flow is quite impressive. The last eruption I filmed and photographed (Holuhraun) was actually 100 times bigger in terms of lava flow.
Iceland Aerial Photography September 2019
ICELAND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY – August 2017
ICELAND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY JUNE 8, 2017
ICELAND SOUTH COAST APRIL 15, 2017
ICELAND IS A WORK OF ART
ICELAND IS A WORK OF ART – GALLERY SHOW
The photography exhibit ICELAND IS A WORK OF ART opened in Gallery Anarkia on May 28, 2017. All the photographs are taken from helicopters over Iceland and show abstract patterns in the Icelandic landscape that are only visible from the air.
Filmmaker and photographer Jón Gústafsson graduated from California Institute of the Arts.
ICELAND IS A WORK OF ART
Photographs by Jón Gústafsson.
Richness
Creation
My-Own-Awareness
Drifting-Ashore
Confluence
The-Sun-Was-Here
Four-Dimensional-Dreams
Sleepsky
Wayless-Sea
While-The-Deep-Slept
Hidden-Sorrow
On-Earth-As-It-Is-In-Heaven
Lost-Steps
Time
Unity
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ICELAND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 2016
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ICELAND PROTEST 2016
HELICOPTER FLIGHT OVER ICELAND SOUTH COAST
I went flying over the south coast of Iceland with Reykjavik Helicopters this week. Fantastic flying with pilots Friðgeir Guðjónsson, Reynir Freyr Pétursson and Johannes Holst. You can see bigger versions by clicking on the pictures and you can see the landscape pictures from that flight here.
Reykjavik Helicopters at work
HOLUHRAUN VOLCANO ICELAND FEBRUARY 2015
NORTHERN LIGHTS TIME-LAPSE ICELAND
Je suis Charlie – Reykjavik – Iceland
HOLUHRAUN VOLCANO, ICELAND, NOVEMBER 2014
Helicopter flight with Reykjavik Helicopters on November 4, 2014.
Pilots: Reynir Freyr Pétursson og Gunnar Svanur Einarsson
Music by Veigar Margeirsson
Holuhraun Volcano Iceland with Reykjavik Helicopters November 2014
NORTHERN LIGHTS – AURORA BOREALIS – ICELAND – OCTOBER 2014
Visited the town of Grindavik on the Snæfellsnes peninsula this weekend. The sky was spectacular for a few minutes.
VOLCANO AT NIGHT
I shot this handheld from the wrong side of the helicopter, over another the shoulder of a guy who was shooting the whole thing on a RED camera and using stabalizing equipment so please excuse the shakiness of this video.
Helicopter flying in Iceland – Summer 2013
Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights – Iceland – March 17, 2013
IN A HEARTBEAT INVITED TO GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL
Good news. IN A HEARTBEAT has been invited to The Giffoni International Film Festival which is the largest children’s film festival in Europe, and possibly the World. The film will be ‘in competition’ for the GRYPHON AWARD. This will be festival number 7 and there is one more lined up that we can’t announce yet. You can see the trailer on VIMEO.
VOLCANO LIGHTNING GRIMSVOTN ICELAND
As soon as the Grimsvotn 2011 volcanic eruption started I flew there with pilot Reynir Petursson. We landed on Vatnajokull, around 2 kilometres from the eruption. We noticed lots of lightnings all around us but mostly around the eruption. The interesting thing was that most of the lightnings were coming up from the glacier and shooting upwards.
Volcano shoot interview on MSNBC
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Volcanic Eruption in Iceland 2011 News Footage
Grimsvotn volcanic eruption in 2011. This video went viral and got half a million hits in one week combined on Vimeo and YouTube.
Volcanic Eruption in Grímsvötn – Vatnajökull – Iceland
Flew to the eruption in Grimsvotn in Vatnajökull last night with helicopter pilot Reynir Petursson. Got a few nice pictures. All rights reserved.
Pilot Reynir Petursson called me 30 minutes afte the eruption started and suggested we go filming. Last year when the Eyjafjallajokull eruption started we lucked out and got the first images of that eruption – and then the airspace was shut down. We sold those exclusive pictures and footage all over the world through Reuters and AP. I saw that footage used anywhere from the Jon Stewart’s Tonight Show to President Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
It took us 90 minutes to fly to Grimsvotn with a strong wind against us. The eruption looked magnificent in the sunset. Once we landed 5 miles away from the crater the cold glacier air hit us like a truck. We tried to work outside but I only lasted for a couple of minutes. Pilot Reynir Petursson also didn’t want to stay on the ground for too long since it was very windy and the ash fall was unpredictable. The light was also disappearing and he needs visual reference which is difficult on a white glacier. Once we got off the ground again we had to stay low because there were so many lightnings all around the eruption. Getting hit by a lightning in that strong wind, extreme frost and next to a live volcano was not desirable. We made it back to Reykjavik at 2am. Now the airspace has been closed in a 20 nautical miles radius because of ash.
Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Eruption photographs
This is the fist photo of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption. Until that point no one had seen the eruption because of clouds. Commander Reynir Freyr Petursson found a hole in the clouds and took us up to 7000 ft in his helicopter.
Volcanic Eruption in Iceland – Night
Volcanic eruption in Fimmvorduhals, near Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland 2011. Pictures from a 4×4 trip to Fimmvörðuháls to get up close and personal with the volcano. © 2011 Jon Gustafsson.
Fimmvorduhals Volcanic Eruption next to Eyjafjallajokull 2010
I shot this for an Icelandic helicopter company during the small eruption in Fimmvörðuháls 2010. A few days later the big eruption in Eyjafjallajökull started.
Brighter Hell – The Watchmen
Music video for The Watchmen. The song is Brighter Hell from the album Silent Radar. Directed by Jon Gustafsson. Director of Photography Brian Rougeau. Ediror David McGunigal. Winner of Blizzard Award for Best Music Video 2001.
Sir JoJo playing for German tourists on the Delphin Voyager
I took a 24 hour trip from Reykjavik to Akureyri with Sir JoJo when he was hired to perform for German Tourists onboard the Delphin Voyager. I admire the Germans… Sunday morning, 10am, beer, bratwurst and dancing.
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Wrath Of Gods now available online
Director: Jon Gustafsson
Producers: Jon Gustafsson, Karolina Lewicka
Co-Producers: Jon Armann Steinsson, Gerard Butler
Lifsbokin
Song: Lífsbókin (Book of Life)
Artist: Bergthora Arnadottir and Graham Smith
Director: Jon Gustafsson
D.P.: Jon Ivarsson
Kanadiana
THE ICELANDIC JOHNSON TWINS FROM MANITOBA
The Importance of Being Icelandic – documentary
Reykjadalur Iceland
Reykjadalur Iceland. Photo by Chris Lund. Directed by Jon Gustafsson.
Reykjadalur, Iceland. Pilot Reynir Freyr Petursson from www.ReykjavikHelicopters.com. Photo by Jon Gustafsson.
The Grotta Lighthouse by Seltjarnarnes Iceland
The lighthouse on Grotta island, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. Photo by Jon Gustafsson.
Gróttuviti. © Ljósmynd – Jón Gústafsson