Words by

John Rogers

@jhnrgrs

We had a nice visit yesterday from Julia, the winner of last week’s #GVpics Instagram competition, who dropped by with her eight-year-old son Ágúst to pick up their two t-shirts. Here’s what went down:

Our #GVpics winner @juliamai popped in the collect her t-shirts, with joint-winner Ágúst. Tag your Iceland photos #GVpics to win in the next round!

A photo posted by Reykjavik Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) on Jun 3, 2015 at 10:03am PDT

But, you know, time waits for no man. So without further ado, we present our favourites from this week’s batch. Oh and hey, if you want to enter yourself, follow us here and then tag your Iceland-related Instagrams with #GVpics, and you could win a stupendously fashionable Grapevine t-shirt of your very own.

Here’s the shortlist:

Wow nice, some polished stones in a shop garden somewhere…

#Icelandic #stones from the shopkeeper’s #stone #garden. #Iceland #gvpics #naturalbeauty #beautiful #nature

A photo posted by I_Am_Not_A_Jedi (@i_am_not_a_jedi) on May 21, 2015 at 4:31pm PDT

Guido van Helten’s murals really are spectacular.

she said “Kiss me, you’re beautiful” #gvpics

A photo posted by Attila (@angsturban) on May 20, 2015 at 2:25am PDT

Night time exploration. Love this torchlit snow…

Langjökull.. #KooIcelandPix #gvpics

A photo posted by Alan Cotter (@alancotter) on May 29, 2015 at 6:27am PDT

But it looks like actual summer is happening in Snæfellsnes.

S n æ f e l l s n e s Еду по этому полуострову и постоянно мысль: это может быть все что угодно, но не моя родная планета. Мы с Толкиеном едины – трава по 1.5 метра, она такая плотная что я лежу на ней, а ветер дует с такой силой, что перенесёт меня сам на другую ферму. #gvpics #visiticeland #triplookers

A photo posted by Oksana Johannesson (@miss_oksana) on May 22, 2015 at 8:47am PDT

#TBT: An Eyjafjallajökull eruption ash drive in 2010.

Ashy drive in south Iceland (2010) #gvpics #ash #ashes #eyjafjallajokull #volcano #eruption #iceland #headlights #lonelyroad

A photo posted by Hayley GF (@hailish) on May 24, 2015 at 1:58pm PDT

An atmospheric shot from Djúpavík’s spectacular abandoned herring plant.

Inside the Djupavik fish factory. #Iceland #djupavik #hoteldjupavik #gvpics

A photo posted by Michael Wichuk (@m_dub) on May 22, 2015 at 3:35pm PDT

Everyone’s a critic, huh?

Hipster inception #GVpics #iceland

A photo posted by Sara Maher (@sara_the_human) on May 30, 2015 at 9:42am PDT

AND THE WINNER IS:

Tobias, aka @cores163, impressed us with his vivid black and white captures of Reykjavík’s street life, and his generally atmospheric shots of Iceland. So, he’ll be protecting his torso from the elements and other stuff like dust and direct sunlight, FOR FREE. We are TOO good to you guys, srsly. Congrats Tobias, and see you all next week for round four.

The countryside – Iceland

A photo posted by Tobias (@cores163) on May 27, 2015 at 10:00am PDT

Reykjavik

A photo posted by Tobias (@cores163) on May 30, 2015 at 2:36am PDT

Reykjavik

A photo posted by Tobias (@cores163) on May 29, 2015 at 7:16am PDT