ABOUT | yaelbc

Yael BC is an Iceland-based photographer and visual artist working with musicians, artists, and editorial clients. Much of her work revolves around music, translating sound into visual worlds for album artwork, portraits, and campaigns.

Rather than illustrating a song or project literally, she creates imagery that captures its atmosphere and gives it a visual identity of its own.

Her work often draws on familiar, everyday elements, using them to create something slightly surreal - images that feel authentic, yet belong to a world of their own.

Her process begins with the tone of the work, whether it comes from music, a person, or a broader visual idea. From there, she develops the direction through conversation, location, light, and styling. Some projects are minimal and direct, while others are highly constructed, but each is shaped around the identity of the person or project behind it.

Her work also extends to intimate weddings and elopements in Iceland, where her approach to portraiture, atmosphere, and landscape takes on a more personal form.

Alongside her commissioned projects, Yael curates exhibitions and teaches photography at Ljósmyndaskólinn in Reykjavík. She graduated from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2014 and is a member of FÍSL - The Icelandic Contemporary Photography Association.

Exhibitions
2026 - Iconic Photo Show - Galarie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France

2026 - Art Icon - Paris, France
2025 - La Boutique Design - Reykjavik, Iceland
2025 - ISO Exhibition, FÍSL, Sláturhúsið, Iceland

2025 - Echoes of Yesterday - Millepiani, Rome
2024 - Bucharest Photofest - Scemtovici & Benowitz Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2024 - Iconic Photo Show - Galarie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France

2024 - Becoming - Agam Museum, Israel

2023 - White Box - FLÆÐI, Reykjavík, Iceland

2023 - Iconic Photo Show - Galarie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France

2023 - Under Your Wing - Yaara Open Studio, Tel Aviv

2022 - Iconic Photo Show - Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan, Italy

2022 - TORG Art Fair - Reykjavik, Iceland

2022 - Arctic Arts Summit - Land of None / Land of US - Yukon, Canada

2021 - Far North Photo Festival - Yukon, Canada