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You can count on us!

You can count on us!

Every now and then we shoot a "hero" shot of some ICE-SAR team members. It's always fun and this time we got eleven volunteers from different aspects of SAR within the teams. As I set this up and shot it my mind wondered to the times when I joined search and rescue in 1990, then 16 years of age and thought I knew a lot. In those days there was hardly any specialisation within the teams. You were either a land rescuer or a sea rescuer or both, and that was it. So through those now 26 years I have watched and been a part of the transformation of search and rescue in Iceland. And I am proud to be. The level of professionalism and dedication of these volunteers amazes me again and again. We now have all kinds of specialization within the teams and whats even more is that most of these volunteers specialize in more than one or two areas. This image is meant to show some of those different areas of expertise. But to me, when I look into those faces, maybe because I know a lot of those people, it it also says dedication and commitment.

Photographed an air-crash the other day...

Photographed an air-crash the other day...

Just photographed Iceland's biggest ever air-crash exercise at Keflavík airport. A lot of interesting scenes to shoot where all different agencies and organizations come together to make it all look so easy saving lives and putting order to the chaos. I shot the exercise for multiple clients, ICE-SAR, Red Cross, Isavia and Civil protection. I big perk of shooting for the emergency sector is the people you get to work with. There is just something about the people involved in the emergency sector that make them a pleasure to work with. Stacked some of the images in the slideshow above. Would love comments below and shares on the social parts of the internet.