Nökkvi Elíasson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Nökkvi.

Nökkvi Elíasson (born December 2, 1966) is an Icelandic photographer.

Biography

He began his photography career in the late 1980s concentrating mostly on black and white images. Much of his work centers around deserted farms and other abandoned buildings in Iceland. Nökkvi's photographs have appeared in books, on CD-covers, and in newspapers in Iceland. In February 2001 he made his first major exhibition at the Reykjavík Photographic Museum with a deserted farms scheme.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Icelandic Wikipedia.

External links

• Official site

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Name	Elliasson, Nokkvi
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Date of birth	December 2, 1966
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