Brooklyn, New York
TEL: ( +1 ) 347-552-6996
Reykjavik, Iceland
TEL: ( +354 ) 865-3379
email: studio@hennygylfa.com
Henny Gylfa (Gylfadottir) is an Icelandic photographer based in New York City. She does a wide variety of assignment work that has included documentary, editorial, travel and sports subjects, as well as underwater photography. She received her master’s degree in Digital photography from School of Visual Arts in New York.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and appeared in such publications as National Geographic, PDN Photo District News, The Telegraph, Mirror, Huffington Post among others. She has won several awards and grants, as well as being recognized by the Sony World Photography Organization.
Publications
The Telegraph | The Mirror | The Sony Blog |Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography | L’Oeil Photography | Elizabeth Avedon Blog| L’OBS | Yahoo News | Huffington Post | Business Insider | Mobile Magazine| The Creators Project, Vice Magazine | Digital Photographer | Resource magazine | Cultura Inquieta | Dagblated Kultur | All In Singapore | Luxe.co | Gazeta | Playtech | Rediff | National Geographic Magazine | PDN Photo District News | National Newspaper of Iceland | Salka Publisher | Grapevine
Awards
2015 Finalist | New York Photo Festival | Documentary
2015 Selected for Book Publication | Detroit Center for Contemporary Photograpy
2015 Recipient | 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2015 Shortlisted | Sony World Photography Award | Mobile Phone Award
2015 Finalist | 8th JMC | People
2015 Winner | 8th JMC | Cell Phone Photography
2014 Thesis Scholarship Award | School of Visal Arts
2014 Featured Artist | Nokia Future Creatives Project
2011 People’s Choice Award | PDN, Photo District News |“The great outdoors”
2008 Selected for book Publication | Salka Publisher | “Women have the word”
Exhibitions
2016 The Palazzo Italia | 4th Biennal of Fine Art & Documentary photography | Berlin, Germany
2015 Somerset House | London, UK
Sony World Photography Exhibition | Traveling Exhibition
Beijing World Art Museum | Beijing, China
Willy-Brandt-Haus | Berlin, Germany
Liverpool One | Liverpool, UK
Romanian Peasant Museum|Bucharest, Romania
Stainless Gallery | Delhi, India
Koelnmesse| Cologne, Germany
Galeries Seippel | Cologne, Germany
Yixian Photgraphy Festival| Yixian, China
Bozar | Brussels, Belgium
Obscura Gallery | Melbourne, Australia
House of Art | Bratislava, Slovakia
Lishui Museum of Photography| Lishui, China
The Cotton Mill Factory| Pingyao, China
Lianzhou Foto Festival | Lianzhou, China
Gallery Photographer| Moscow, Russia
China Photography Biennale | Hunan, China
Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa | Catania, Italy
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles| Paris, France
2015 Powerhouse Arena | The Last Picture Show | Brooklyn, USA
2015 Dongdaemun Design Plaza | Seoul International Photo Festival | Seoul, South Korea
2014 Calumet Gallery | Natural Selection | New York City, USA
2014 Gramercy Gallery | 23/7 | New York City, USA
2013 Aperture Gallery | The Exposure Award Exhibition | New York City, USA
2006 Ljosmyndaskolinn Gallery | Underwater | Reykjavik, Iceland