Magnus started photography at an early age. Growing up in Iceland, he bought his first SLR camera at age 12. At 13, one of his photos won him a year’s supply of Ilford black and white photo paper and chemicals. Later in life, he moved on to color film, slide film, and eventually digital, but his approach has never wavered: Keep your eyes open and shoot what you see. Focus on composition, wit, and beauty. Treat your subject with honesty and don't force it into becoming a statement (all art is definitely not political).
He is now on year nine of a photo-a-day project. Carrying a camera everywhere and ending each day by editing the day's photos has become a way of life, and a unique way to show followers glimpses of daily rhythms of life. The world is endlessly inspiring, if you keep your eyes open and your mind tuned to visual opportunities.
Invited Exhibitions
- Correspondences, a two-artist exhibition at the Belmont Gallery of Art and online, MA, 2022
Group Exhibitions
- Inspirations, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA, 2025
- Pages From My Sketchbook, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA, 2024
- Street Photography, Photographic Resource Center, Somerville, MA, 2018
- The Photographic Nude, LightBox Gallery, Astoria, OR, 2017
- Griffin Museum's Winter Solstice Exhibition, Winchester, MA, 2015
- Curvilinear, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, 2015
- The Photographic Nude, LightBox Gallery, Astoria, OR, 2015
- BLINK, Somerville, MA, 2015
- First Night Boston, Boston, MA, 2014
- Griffin Museum's Winter Solstice Exhibition, Winchester, MA, 2014
- PRC Benefit Auction, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, 2012
- Water (online annex), PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2012
- The Human Form, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, 2012
Publications
- Black & White magazine, August 2023 (Blustery, Nighttime Story, and Crisscross were published in issue 161, pages 162-163)
- Blur magazine, April 2017
- Exquisite Corpse, 2016
- Blur magazine, April 2015
- Color magazine, April 2012
- 1x.com, 12 photos accepted 2007-2014
Books
- No Words, 1x.com’s yearbook, 2012
- 0.7 mil Polyethylene, self-published at Blurb, 2011
- 210 Photographers, 1x.com’s yearbook, 2009
Awards
- Juror's Honorable Mention, The Photographic Nude exhibition, 2015
- Finalist, PhotoShoot Awards, Emotion category, 2014
- Silver Award, Color magazine, Single Image Contest, 2012
- Curator’s Choice award (Elizabeth Opalenik), The Human Form exhibition, 2012
Education
Various workshops, including:
- Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Why Not What, Maine Media Workshops, 2014
- Platon, The Art & Craft of Portraiture, Center for Photography at Woodstock, 2009
- Eikoh Hosoe, Nude Study In The Open Air, Center for Photography at Woodstock, 2007