Inverness Museum & Art Gallery invited submissions to a community photography exhibition responding to the theme ‘Portrait of a Viking’ to accompany ‘Valhalla: Life and Death in Viking Britain’.
We have been so tickled by the images you sent, we are keeping the online gallery open for submissions for the duration of the exhibition. Have fun! Snap something or someone to send. Creativity is encouraged – no technical skill required. Filters and imaging apps are fine too. You can send your Viking themed snaps to: [email protected]
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- The Sólfar or Sun Voyager, Reykjavik, Iceland This sculpture resembles a Viking ship, but is a dream boat and ode to the sun – it contains the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom…
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- A sculpture of Bardur Snaefellsas at Arnarstapi, Iceland There is an Icelandic saga relating the story of Bardur, who was half human and half ogre. Bardur arrived at Djupalon. He built a farm nearby, and called it Laugarbrekka. Thorkell, Bardur’s brother, lived at Arnarstapi. He had two sons, Raudfeldur and Solvi. Bardur’s daughters were women of great stature and pleasing to the eye. Helga was the eldest. The sons of Thorkell and the daughters of Bardur used to play together. One day, when there was pack ice along the shore, Raudfeldur pushed Helga out to sea on an iceberg. Helga drifted to Greenland unscathed, but Bardur was infuriated. He pushed Raudfeldur into the Raudfeldsgja ravine and threw Solvi off Solvahamar rock, a high cliff on the seaboard east of Arnarstapi. After these events, Bardur vanished into the Snaefellsjokull ice cap.
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- The older is Cristóbal (16) and the younger Huguito.(7) in summer 2016 The photo as taken in the Claro riverside in Cerro Huemules, 16 km off Coyhaique beside the Andes Cordillera
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- The older is Cristóbal (16) and the younger Huguito.(7) in summer 2016 The photo as taken in the Claro riverside in Cerro Huemules, 16 km off Coyhaique beside the Andes Cordillera.
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- This is my husband, Andy, on our wedding day in September 2013, after celebrating our Wedding feast at the Dores Inn on the shores of Loch Ness. He is dressed as a Scotts Viking cross…
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- Many believe in the divination of Runes, as an Oracle for guidance and self counselling. Brought to us by the Norse God Odin around 3AD, introduced to Celtic Britain well over a thousand years ago, Male and female rune masters elevated their intuition in learning, healing, magic and protection.
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- Many believe in the divination of Runes, as an Oracle for guidance and self counselling. Brought to us by the Norse God Odin around 3AD, introduced to Celtic Britain well over a thousand years ago, Male and female rune masters elevated their intuition in learning, healing, magic and protection.
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- his image was taken at Portsoy last year when a raiding party of Vikings visited the traditional boat festival. Fortunately it was unlike previous visits by Vikings to the North east was relatively peaceful intact it was great fun. Took this portrait shot using a Nikon D5100 with a sigma 18-50mm lens f2.4 – f4.5 with a polariser filter.
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- 9 foot Viking mannie in Largs – usually joined by one made of flowers, but he’s not blooming yet!
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- YaYa, protector of our family.
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- Strong and fearless, Mr Duncan charges across a field like he thinks Vikings would!
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- Selfie with my wife!
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- Birch Raven and Charlie
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- Rob drags a lamb from the sea.
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- Ran, Goddess of the Sea, with whale skull.
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- Me being a Viking by Isaac
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- Belladrum: Feasting like a Viking!
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- Tio and Arya
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- Mali Junor, 8, loved doing his Viking project at school. He made a cardboard long boat with his favourite football teams flag and for Easter decorated two eggs as vikings and made an egg box into a mini long boat to hold them in.
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- Mali Junor, 8, loved doing his Viking project at school. He made a cardboard long boat with his favourite football teams flag and for Easter decorated two eggs as vikings and made an egg box into a mini long boat to hold them in.
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- A couple of ‘portraits of Vikings’ from us here at the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre. During our lunch break we put together costumes from materials that we could find lying around here (which non-surprisingly turned out to be mostly reindeer-related…), so here is Olly (19) and Sheena (52) looking the Reindeer-Viking! Thanks we had a lot of fun.
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- Ran, Goddess of the Sea, Tryptich
