As an independent radio producer for Icelandic Public Radio (RÚV) since 2011, Svavar has created over 80 hours of broadcasted shows, many in long form. Themes include travels in Iceland and abroad with interviews and historical background, as well as various radio series (The Search, Time and Place, At Freezing Point etc) that all have a documentary foundation.
He also works as a sound recordist and fixer for film productions in Iceland.
In the medium of photography Svavar has worked on longterm projects such as the Inland/Outland project (2007-), with a variety of musical collaborations, photo essays and portrait projects.
Along with his own photography, he has worked as an assistant and collaborator on other people´s projects, including James Balog´s (Earth Vision Institute) Extreme Ice Survey, featured in the Oscar nominated documentary Chasing Ice, and Kerry Koepping´s Arctic Arts project. Most recently Svavar collaborated with and assisted Welsh photographer Jack Latham on the book project Sugar Paper Theories, which looks at Iceland´s most infamous murder case and the role of photography as misleading evidence. Text and further collaboration for Latham´s book was with Gísli Guðjónsson, Professor of forensic psychology at King´s College London.
Svavar´s work is done under Circumpolar Productions, his personal production company.
