Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Hlynur has long been interested in exploring how the environment shapes us, how closely we are connected to nature and how it reflects our thoughts and emotional life. The Icelandic horse has been an integral part of Icelandic culture, man's friend and hard worker, for centuries. According to Hlynur, _Lament for a horse_ is a visual psalm of grief, a kind of tribute to the Icelandic horse, which has played an important role in the formation and history of Iceland since the settlement of the country. 


„Lament for a horse“ is a visual psalm of grief, a kind of tribute to the Icelandic horse, which has played an important role in the formation and history of Iceland since its settlement. 

The work is equally Hlynur‘s meditation on the human and the natural, how different nuances of weather and emotions appear and change from one season to the next, and opposite poles such as light and darkness, softness and hardness, beauty and ugliness shape both nature and individuals. 
The exhibition was mounted at Svavarssafn in Höfn í Hornafirði in 2022 with a written text by curator Ástríður Magnúsdóttir. 

This is Hlynur‘s second exhibition at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography,  his exhibition _Hvítblinda_ was on view in exhibition space Skotið in 2011.


Hlynur Pálmason was born in Reykjavík in 1984 but grew up in Höfn í Hornafirði, a fishing town in the southeastern part of Iceland. He studied photography and filmmaking in Copenhagen and lived there for twelve years. He moved with his family back to Höfn in 2018, and works there on creative projects in art and filmmaking. He has received recognitions in Iceland and abroad for his films: _Winter Brothers_ (2017) and _A White, White Day_ (2019) and _Godland_ (2022).

Hlynur Pálmason│Lament for a horse

The photo series "Lament for a horse" by artist and filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason, sheds visual and graphic light on the decaying process of a horse in Iceland's nature.

Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a horse

The photo series "Lament for a horse" by artist and filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason, sheds visual and graphic light on the decaying process of a horse in Iceland's nature.

Hlynur Pálmason│Lament for a horse