The beauty of everyday life is revealed in photographs that capture an everyday that was once.

There is something feminine about photographs taken in the company of family and friends in unassuming yet precious moments of everyday life. A myriad of ordinary occasions that intertwine the different stages of life.

Travels, a quiet afternoon at home, sunbathing with a friend or a birthday. From the living room out into the vast American landscape, we travel back in time with ordinary people doing ordinary things in ordinary places. One beautiful moment at a time.

These photographs were collected from antique shops in Brooklyn between 2013-2022.

Sara Gunnarsdóttir (1982) is a director and artist who has created animations, music videos and visuals for films and television series, including Marielle Heller's award-winning film, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”, and the HBO documentary “The Case Against Adnan Sayed”, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. Sara's most recent project was directing the multi-award-winning animated film “My Year of Dicks”, for which she received an Oscar nomination.

Sara was born and raised in Hafnarfjörður. She received a BFA in Fine Art from the Iceland Academy of the Arts and was simultaneously part of the experimental group Donna Mess. She received a Master's degree in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. Her graduation film, “The Pirate of Love”, was nominated for a Student Academy Award.

After her studies in California, Sara moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she lived and worked for nine years before moving back home to Hafnarfjörður in 2022 with her husband, Ethan Clarke, and their daughter, Greta Guðrún.

The exhibition opening will be on 23rd May from 18:00-20:00 and all are welcome!

Other opening times:
Friday 24 May 13:00 – 18:00
Saturday 25 May 12:00 – 17:00
Sunday 26 May 14:00 – 17:00

The event is sponsored by the Culture and Tourism Committee of the City of Hafnarfjörður.

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Beauty in the mundane all around us. Like stills from films of lives once lived.

There is something inherently feminine in the snapshots taken in moments surrounded by family and loved ones, in a time of leisure and content. The precious moments that make a life. The quiet, dull comfort of the norm.

Travels, a quiet afternoon at home, sunbathing with a friend, a birthday. From living rooms to the vast landscape of America, we travel back in time with ordinary people doing ordinary things in ordinary places, one beautiful moment at a time.

These photographs were gathered from antique and charity shops in Brooklyn between 2013-2022.

Sara Gunnarsdóttir (1982) is an Academy Award-nominated director and artist who has created animation, music videos and original artwork for film and television, including Marielle Heller's celebrated debut feature “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” and HBO's Emmy-nominated “The Case Against Adnan Sayed.” Sara most recently directed the award-winning animated comedy “My Year of Dicks.”.

Sara was born and raised in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. She received her BFA from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, while creating and performing with the electro-punk band Donna Mess. She received her MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts, and her thesis animated documentary short, “The Pirate of Love,” was nominated for “Best Alternative” in The Academy's Student Awards.

After her studies in California, Sara moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she lived and worked for nine years before returning home to Hafnarfjörður in 2022 with her husband, Ethan Clarke, and daughter, Gréta Guðrún.

The exhibition opening is on the 23rd of May from 18:00-20:00 and everyone is welcome!

Other opening hours:
Friday 24th May 13:00 – 18:00
Saturday 25th May 12:00 – 17:00
Sunday 26th May 14:00 – 17:00

The event is sponsored by the Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfjörður.