Gunnsteinn Jonsson's gallery

Narrow streets and strange houses :)

One of many churches in Canary Islands.

The view can be very beautiful from the hills :)

When people see photos from the Canary Islands I guess they don't see many photos like that. I am sorry to but that this is something I saw too often during my walk around in the older part of Las Palmas.

Plaza Santa Ana - Dating back almost 600 years, Las Palmas Cathedral is one of the oldest and most important landmarks on the whole island of Gran Canaria. Saint Anne´s Square was chosen by the conquerors as the nucleus of the first settlement, much of wh…

The melting pot of architectural styles in Santa Ana Cathedral are partly to do with how long it took to build. Commencing in the early 15th century, the cathedral wasn't finished until 350 years later! I am not sure but I think this part of the church w…

The Town Hall (the Casas Consistoriales) The Bishop's House, (the Palacio del Obispo) and the Cathedral, with its Gothic interior and neo-classic exterior, were all erected here at the Plasa Santa Ana.

Vegueta is the historic district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Catedral de Santa Ana seen in the background.

Las Canteras is one of Spain´s most attractive urban beaches, and is regarded as a blessing by Canarian people. This is a long beach of golden sand while a reef known as La Barra protects the waters of the beach and breaks the waves ensuring that the wate…

I have been uploading photos from the desert here in Mauritania so I thought it was proper to show you our Icelandic desert :) Not that different landscape if you use a black and white film, but a little bit different climate :) This little house is on…

Traditional Arabic tent is used by herdsmen in the desert but also by the city people for all kid of celebrations.

Just another bird shot :)

I am posting two photos, one with a fake blue sky and the other with the original burned out sky. which one do you think is better?

I am posting two photos, one with a fake blue sky and the other with the original burned out sky. which one do you think is better?

Viðeyjarstofa (the house on the right) was built in 1755 as the residence of Skúli Magnússon one of the top officials in Iceland at that time. Viðeyjarstofa is the oldest stone building in Iceland. The church Viðeyjarkirkja (the house on the left) was con…

Bessastaðir is the resident of the president of Iceland. Archeological excavations have shown that the first inhabitants of Bessastaðir settled there before AD 1000, and ever since the site has been inhabited. In the 13th century the king of Norway confis…

My father and I worked together on a small boat for many years fishing shrimp in Ísafjarðardjúp. We left early in the morning and were usually back home late in the evening the same day. This is the lighthouse that guided us home in the end of each day wh…