Einar Falur Ingólfsson (1966) is an Icelandic photographer and writer. For over a decade he has worked on several long-term projects which have have been exhibited in various forms in museums in Iceland, other European countries and the US. A couple of his projects have been published in acclaimed books; Saga-Sites – In the Footsteps of W.G. Colligwood (Crymogea, 2010) and Land Seen – In the Footsteps of Johannes Larsen (Crymogea, 2017). In these two projects he followed in the footsteps of two foreign artists who visited Iceland, in 1897 and 1927/1930, to illustrate in personal artworks sites mentioned in Sagas of Iceladers, written in the 13th Century. Einar Falur used their work as a guide during his own long and personal journeys around Iceland, working with a large-format camera.
In the last decade Einar Falur has also worked on a long-term project about people and infrastructure in the Icelandic higlands, of which the first part was exhibited in 2018 in Reykjavik Art Museum. In 2021 he wrapped up a visual diary of 20 months, About Time, photographed in Iceland, India and Italy, which became an exhibition and a book.
Einar Falur‘s background lies in journalism and visual arts. Born in the town of Keflavík, he moved to Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, when he was 19 to start working full time as a photographer for Morgunblaðið, Iceland‘s main newspaper. While photographing for the paper he studied literature at university. In 1988 Einar Falur moved in 1992 to New York where he was to get his MFA in photography at School of Visual Arts. Later, in 1995, he was invited to take up the post of director of photography at his old newspaper in Iceland, a position he held until 2007 when he decided to concentrate on his art. He has since participated in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries in Iceland and abroad.