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Special thanks I want to thank The National Museum of Iceland, especially Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir for having the insight and fortitude to make this project happen and Anna Guðný Ásgeirsdóttir, Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir, Bryndís Sverrisdóttir and Brynhildur Ingvarsdóttir for working so hard on every detail and coordinating the project. Many thanks to Bjarki Ásmundsson, my photo assistant, and Kolbrún Þóra Löve, who volunteered to help us, for their hard work and devotion on location. I want to thank Ívar Brynjólfsson for his tireless perfection in processing my film for this project. Martin and I also want to thank the people in our studio for their enormous help in the organization of this project: Meredith Lue, Julia Bezgin, and Brigitte Grignet. I have enormous gratitude to three very talented people: Mary Shanahan for her always-beautiful and inventive graphic design. Chuck Kelton for his exquisite prints. And Bob Hennessey for his brilliant separations for the book. Dagný Annasdóttir & Jóhann A. Kristjánsson from Öskjuhlíðarskóli, Erla Gunnarsdóttir & Drífa Ármannsdóttir from Safamýrarskóli, and Birna Björnsdóttir and Hrefna Þórarinsdóttir from Lyngás, along with the teachers and caretakers for giving us total access to a world that I will never forget. I want to thank the parents and children at both of these schools and daycare for trusting us to document their children’s lives. Steinunn Sigurd & Palli Hjaltason invited me and Martin into their home and shared with us beautiful and intimate moments of their lives that will stay with us forever. And it was Alexander, without any words, that was the genesis of this project: extraordinary child. Great thanks to Glitnir Bank for acknowledging the importance of this project with their support. This book is dedicated to all the children at Öskjuhlíðarskóli, Safamýrarskóli, and Lyngás for allowing me into their lives. --Mary Ellen Mark |
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