The Story of Iceland Airwaves 2018 in Pictures
10 November 2018, 15:21
Photography by
Ian Young
As Iceland Airwaves closes for another year and Reykjavík takes the week ahead to recover, we look back at four days of amazing music in the best country in the world.
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![Ateria at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Ateria_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129702&s=703dc737768e1783c3a35c7bde58e440)
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![Milkywhale at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Milkywhale_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129713&s=75ba79369f4997bacb031d0964f0a76e)
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![Bjork at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Bjork_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129716&s=e3a32af30f3e70a54ac3a42d6503e57e)
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![Baghdad Brothers at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Baghdad_Brothers_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129718&s=6821e5e1b4a78073276c011fef4db2b2)
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![Aurora at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 10](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Aurora_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_10.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129729&s=b2efe9c87579e6082bcc7e8bc6d201d2)
![Olafur Arnalds at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Olafur_Arnalds_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129729&s=7886a014f2fc1499d8333cd2748ee7b1)
![Vok at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Vok_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129730&s=df772be5133d632d9c09e6d41fa0969d)
![Agent Fresco at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Agent_Fresco_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129731&s=ebe259e082dcc37207b90f024c2bf32b)
![A Yia at Iceland Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/aYia_at_Iceland_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129733&s=51fc6b32f28efa342e2856a71bf0f010)
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![Soley at Grund with the President of Iceland for Airwaves 2018 by Ian Young 11](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2018/the-story-of-iceland-airwaves-2018-in-fifty-photographs/Soley_at_Grund_with_the_President_of_Iceland_for_Airwaves_2018_by_Ian_Young_11.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648129740&s=701209da899691a46f953744b6487d38)
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