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Geirix (born Ásgeir Ásgeirsson on March 26, 1975) is an Icelandic photographer and photo journalist. He heads PressPhotos, a stock photography website focusing on news and editorial photography, the only one of its kind in Iceland. Geirix has worked assignments for Reuters in Iceland since 2016, covering sporting and political events.

Causes
Geirix has been an avid fighter for the rights of photographers and other artists, both concerning copyright and pay.

In 2016 he claimed headlines when he lashed out on Facebook when internet trolls used one of his photographs of fellow photographer Spessi and former Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir. In the photo, both are shown giving the finger to the camera. The trolls posted the photo and asked voters if that was the person they wanted as the next Prime Minister of Iceland. Geirix said it had been taken completely out of context. The photo had been taken at a rally outside the parliament building, and Geirix had asked the two, both of whom are friends of his, to perform the gesture as a sign of what they thought of "the system", the politics and bureaucracy of the government.