Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson (* 1958 in Iceland ) is an Icelandic photographer.

Life

His photographs have been shown at many national and international exhibitions. In Germany Ragnar Axelsson is through its portfolio in Leica World, coupled with the " Honorable Mention" for Oskar Barnack Award, become known. Ragnar Axelsson lives in Reykjavík. Since 1976 he works for the newspaper Morgunblaðið.

Exhibitions

  • The Reykjavík Municipal Museum, 1990.
  • " Tender is the North, visual arts from Scandinavia", Barbican Centre, London, 1992.
  • Visa pour l' Image: International Festival Photo Journalisme, Perpignan, 2000; screening of North Atlantic Project.
  • Rencontres d' Arles, 2001.
  • "Faces and Figures: Contemporary Scandinavian Photography". Scandinavia House, New York, 2001.
  • "Un Mondo ai Confini del Mondo ". ClicArt, Museo Zucchi Collection, Milan, 2002.
  • Festival della Val d' Orcia, Italy, 2003.
  • Festival International de la Photo de Mer, Vannes, France, 2003.
  • Gallery Argus photo art, Berlin, Germany, 2004.
  • Altona Museum ( North German State Museum ), Hamburg, Germany, 2004.
  • Fnac Italie 2, Paris, 2004.
  • Lower Saxony State and University Library, 2004.
  • Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Germany, 2005.
  • "Faces of the North. " Austurvellir, Reykjavík.
  • Paris Photo 2005, Louvre, Paris.
  • Fnac, Milano, 2007.
  • Gallery Argus photo art, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

Publications

  • The soul of the North. Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland. Reykjavík, 2005. ISBN 9979-32561-5, ISBN 9979-32594-1.
  • The last of the Arctic hunters. Inuit in Greenland. Publisher Knesebeckstraße - Munich, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86873-283-2. ( Last days of the Arctic Publisher Crymogea -. Reykjavík, 2010, ISBN 978-0-95552-552-0. )
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