For 11 years, Eva Björk Ægisdóttir (b. 1977), has been photographing Icelandic sports, news, nature and landscapes, animals, and in Iceland. Eva Björk has also photographed sports in Siberia, Paralympics in England, football in Norway, Croatia, Czech Republic and Finland. She has also photographed the World Handball Championship in Qatar (2015), the European Championship in Poland (2016), the European Championship in Denmark (2014) and the European Club Championship in Italy (2014).
A freelance photojournalist at Morgunbladid since 2012-1016, a freelance photojournalist at Viðskiptablaðið (2013-), freelance phtotographer for Handball Association of Iceland (2013-2015) and also for other associations at ÍSÍ and Stjarnan, Valur, Haukar and other sports clubs.
Eva Björk has had her photos published in all the major media in Iceland, whether it is print or web media.
She has also had her pictures published by the BBC, Daily Mirrors, media in Sweden, Norway and Denmark and more.
Eva Björk has been nominated for Picture of the Year, by the Icelandic Society of Newspaper Photography, since 2012 and has Eva Björk also won prizes, in the category Movement and Speed, at Canon Iceland.
Eva Björk has published photos in books like reading book for 4th graders, Icelandic history in football, Íslensk football and more.
Eva Björk's experience and sports background is over 35 years in football, whether she was a player, coach or a photographer.
Eva Björk played with the Icelandic U17 national football team and she has a UEFA-B + V degree in football coaching and over 10 years of experience in football coaching.
Which has been useful to Eva Björk in sports photography.
This experience has been even more useful for her in other types of photography when it is important to capture fast and important moments.
