Ragnar Axelsson
Ragnar during FotoArtFestival, 2013
Born (1958-03-06) 6 March 1958 (age 65)
NationalityIcelandic
Other namesRAX
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1976–present
Employer(s)Morgunblaðið
(1976–2020)

Ragnar Guðni Axelsson (born 6 March 1958), also known as RAX, is an Icelandic photographer.[1] He was a staff photographer of Morgunblaðið from 1974[2] to 2020.[3][4] Ragnar has done work and stories for various agencies and magazines, shooting in Iceland, the Faroes, Greenland, Indonesia, Scandinavia, and Siberia.[1]

Biography

Ragnar has been traveling to the Arctic for almost three decades. His images have won him recognition as a documentary photographer. He has had photographs and picture essays published in Life, National Geographic Magazine, Le Figaro, Stern, La Vanguardia, Time, and elsewhere.[5]

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. His most recent book, Last Days of the Arctic (2010), has won critical acclaim, with multiple photo features in the New York Times and exhibitions most recently in Iceland and Ireland.[6] As a photography "Book of the Year", the (London) Times described his work as 'remarkable', 'beautiful', and 'a gift for the eyes, mind and heart'.[citation needed] This body of work presents a unique record of daily life and culture of some of the most remote communities in the world, and the twilight of their society.

In 2011, Ragnar wrote an introduction to Iceland, a journal of nocturnes, a photographic monograph by Scottish photographer Bruce Percy.

In March 2020, he left Morgunblaðið after working there since 1976.[7]

Books

Andlit Norðursins, an earlier collection by Ragnar of Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland

Awards

Exhibitions

In addition to numerous group shows within Iceland:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson".
  2. ^ Orri Páll Ormarsson (7 March 2020). "Það þarf að drepa mig til þess að ég tapi þessum leik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (2 September 2020). "Þetta er leit alla ævi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ Magnús Geir Eyjólfsson (6 March 2020). "RAX hættir á Morgunblaðinu eftir 44 ár í starfi". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson"; "Speakers at the coolest Travel Summit on the Planet: Icelandic Geographic Travel Summit, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 8–10 2005 Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine".
  6. ^ "Showcase: Black and very white", New York Times, 7 December 2009.
  7. ^ Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir; Sigurlaug M. Jónasdóttir (3 March 2020). "Þetta eru myndir sem ég sýni engum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson"; Heiner Henninges, "Neither standard nor normal." LeicaWorld News Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, February 2004 (PDF).
  9. ^ "Festival International de la Photo de Mer 2006 / Vannes".
  10. ^ "Faces and Figures: Contemporary Scandinavian Photography", Marquette University. See the review by Grace Glueck, "The Faces That Shine beneath a Midnight Sun", New York Times, 25 May 2001
  11. ^ "Ragnar Axelsson 'Un Mondo ai Confini del Mondo'"; "Ausstellung: Ragnar Axelsson"
  12. ^ "Ragnar Axelsson: Exposiciones".
  13. ^ "Die Seele des Nordens. Fotos von Ragnar Axelsson. Ausstellung vom 26.11.2004 bis 17.12.2004"
  14. ^ "Ragnar Axelsson — Island heute /Magnús Ólafsson — Island 1907–1937 Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine"; "Iceland: Three exhibitions: (2) Ragnar Axelsson: Iceland today".
  15. ^ "Faces of the North Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine".
  16. ^ a b "Axelsson: Agenda".
  17. ^ "Milano - dal 26 luglio al 12 settembre 2007: Ragnar Axelsson - Islanda: il mistero della natura".
  18. ^ "Exhibition in Ireland, 2010".

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