Rebekka Guoleifsdottir is a self taught photographer who began her career by posting her images on Flikr. She began as an art student in Iceland, focusing much of her working on drawing, but soon found that her heart was really in photography. She received such positive feedback and developed quite a fan base through Flikr, that she decided to take her photography to another level. Many of her images are of the beautiful scenic views of Iceland, where she lives. She was named "The Web's Top Photographer" by the Wall Street Journal in 2006. Rebekka says this of her Flikr success, "I owe a lot of my success to the site, but it has also forced me to become 'professional' about my work very quickly. When I started posting pictures I was really just messing around, having fun taking shots of myself or whatever came to mind. As the popularity of the site grew and I learned more of my craft, it became more about creating art through photography." Rebekka takes all of her own photographs, including her self portraits and primarily works digitally. I find many of her images to be surreal, very dreamlike. Many of them are obviously irrational, but her technical work is so immaculate that the images become somewhat believable. Rebekka's photographs have a gorgeous, soft feel through her use of color and subject. I really enjoy her self portraits because she shoots them in a compositionally and conceptually interesting way.
http://www.rebekkagudleifs.com/
Posted by: Kim Steinhilber
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