- Ragnar Axelsson
Ragnar Axelsson, who also calls himself RAX, is a
photographer born inIceland in 1958." [http://www.argus-fotokunst.de/de/info/axelsson.html Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson] ".]He has been a staff photographer of "
Morgunblaðið " (Iceland's largest newspaper) since 1976.Ragnar has done work and stories for various agencies and magazines, shooting in
Iceland , the Faroes,Greenland ,Indonesia ,Scandinavia , andSiberia .Ragnar has had photographs and picture essays published in "Life,
National Geographic ,Le Figaro , Stern,La Vanguardia , Time," and elsewhere. [" [http://www.argus-fotokunst.de/de/info/axelsson.html Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson] "; " [http://www.icelandicgeographic.is/travelsummit-speakers.html Speakers at the coolest Travel Summit on the Planet: Icelandic Geographic Travel Summit, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 8–10 2005] ".]Ragnar's book "Andlit norðursins" (2004; English edition "Faces of the North" 2005) is a collection of his black and white photographs of vanishing ways of life in Iceland, the Faroes and Greenland taken over a period of fifteen years.
Books
*"The Golden Circle." Photographs by
Páll Stefánsson , Ragnar Axelsson and Mats Wibe-Lund. Reykjavík: Iceland Review, 1989.
*"Reykjavik." Reykjavík: Hagall, c 1991. ISBN 9979-81600-7. A book in color. is icon en icon
*"Faces and figures: Contemporary Scandinavian photography." New York: American Scandinavian Foundation, 2001. en icon Catalogue of an exhibition held at Scandinavia House, The Nordic Center in America, Apríl–July 2001, and elsewhere.
*Ólafsson, Guðmundur Páll. "Um víðerni Snæfells." Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2003. ISBN 9979-32421-X. is icon This book, whose title is translatable as "Through the vastness near Snæfell" (i.e. theSnæfell volcano northeast ofVatnajökull ), documents an area going underwater because of theKárahnjúkar Hydropower Project , and has photographs by Axelsson and also Friðþjófur Helgason and Jóhann Ísberg.
*"Andlit norðursins: Ísland, Færeyjar, Grænland." Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2004. ISBN 9979-3-2561-5. is icon Various translations have also appeared:
**"Faces of the North: Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland." Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2005. ISBN 9979-3-2592-5. en icon
**"Visages du nord: Islande, Féroé, Groenland." Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2005. ISBN 9979-32593-3. fr icon
**"Die Seele des Nordens. Island, Färöer, Grönland." Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2005. ISBN 9979-32561-5, ISBN 9979-32594-1. de iconAwards
*The annual Icelandic Photojournalists Awards: More than twenty awards, including Photographer of the Year (four times) and Documentary Story of the Year (six times)
*The Oskar Barnack Prize (Leica ), 2001. Honourable Mention [" [http://www.argus-fotokunst.de/de/info/axelsson.html Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson] "; Heiner Henninges, "Neither standard nor normal." " [http://www.leica-camera.dk/brochure/leicaworldnews.pdf LeicaWorld News] ," February 2004 (PDF).]
*Festival International de la Photo de Mer,Vannes , Grand Prix. [" [http://www.2004.photographie.com/?evtid=108544 Festival International de la Photo de Mer 2006 / Vannes] ".]Exhibitions
In addition to numerous group shows within Iceland:
*The Reykjavik Municipal Museum, 1990.
*"Tender is the North, visual arts from Scandinavia",Barbican Arts Centre , London, 1992.
*Visa pour l'Perpignan , 2000; screening of North Atlantic Project.
*Rencontres d'Arles, 2001.
*"Faces and Figures: Contemporary Scandinavian Photography". Scandinavia House, New York, 2001. Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, 2002. [" [http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/press/scandipress.html Faces and Figures: Contemporary Scandinavian Photography] ", Marquette University. See the review by Grace Glueck, " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02EED6133DF936A15756C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print The Faces That Shine beneath a Midnight Sun] ", "New York Times,"25 May 2001 ]
*"Un Mondo ai Confini del Mondo". ClicArt, Museo Zucchi Collection, Milan, 2002. [" [http://milano.tonight.eu/evento/809/fotografie/1138 Ragnar Axelsson 'Un Mondo ai Confini del Mondo'] "; " [http://www.argus-fotokunst.de/de/info/axelsson.html Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson] "]
*Festival dellaVal d'Orcia , Italy, 2003.
*Festival International de la Photo de Mer,Vannes , France, 2003.
*Galerie Argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany, 2004
*Altonaer Museum (Norddeutsches Landesmuseum),Hamburg , Germany, 2004
*Fnac Italie 2, Paris, 2004. [" [http://es.photography-now.com/artists/K15892.html Ragnar Axelsson: Exposiciones] ".]
*Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2004. [" [http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/archiv/ausstell/2004/norden.html Die Seele des Nordens. Fotos von Ragnar Axelsson. Ausstellung vom 26.11.2004 bis 17.12.2004] "]
*Alfred-Ehrhardt-Stiftung, Germany 2005. [" [http://www.forum-fotografie.info/a16.asp Ragnar Axelsson — Island heute /Magnús Ólafsson — Island 1907–1937] "; " [http://www.alfred-ehrhardt-stiftung.de/index.php?Ev=1132354800_1137884400_island.php Iceland: Three exhibitions: (2) Ragnar Axelsson: Iceland today] ".]
*"Faces of the North." Austurvellir, Reykjavík. [" [http://www.visitreykjavik.is/default.asp?cat_id=17&module_id=220&element_id=1702 Faces of the North] ".]
*Paris Photo 2005, Louvre, Paris." [http://www.2004.photographie.com/?autid=109553&secid= Axelsson: Agenda] ".]
*Musée de la Cohue,Vannes , 2007.
*Fnac , Milan, 2007 [" [http://www.exibart.it/profilo/eventiV2.asp/idelemento/42942 Milano - dal 26 luglio al 12 settembre 2007: Ragnar Axelsson - Islanda: il mistero della natura] ".]
*Galerie Argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany, 2008Notes
External links
* [http://www.rax.is/ Axelsson's site]
*Silfver, Rich. " [http://silfver.blogspot.com/2006/10/ragnar-axelssons-faces-of-north.html Ragnar Axelsson's "Faces of the North"] ". 2006. A short interview.
* [http://www.m6.is/GlobalPhotos/myndbanki.nsf/pages/eng_ragnar_axelsson.html Profile]
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