Ragnar Axelsson
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Ragnar Axelsson, RAX, is a photographer born in Iceland in 1958.
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[edit] WORK EXPERIENCE
- Staff photographer, Morgunbladid, Iceland's biggest newspaper, 1976 -
- Work and stories made for various agencies and magazines. Stories shot in Faroe Islands, Greenland, Indonesia, Scandinavia, Siberia, etc.
[edit] PUBLICATIONS
- A internationally published book on vanishing lifestyles in the North Atlantic; Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, due autumn 2004. Black-and-white photographs taken during fifteen years.
- Reykjavik, 1990. A book in color.
- Photographs and picture essays published in LIFE, National Geographic, Le Figaro, Stern, La Vanguardia, TIME, etc.
[edit] AWARDS
- The Annual Icelandic Photojournalists Awards (Est. 1991): More that 20 awards, including Photographer of the year, four times, and Documentary story of the year, six times.
- The Oskar Barnack Award, 2001. Honourable Mention
- Festival Photo de Mare, Vannes, Grand Prix.
[edit] EXHIBITIONS
- The Reykjavik Municipal Museum, 1990.
- Barbican Centre, London, 1992; Tender is the North, visual arts from Scandinavia.
- Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, 2000; screening of North Atlantic Project.
- Rencontres d'Arles, 2001.
- Un Mondo ai Confini del Mondo, Clic Art, Milan, 2002.
- Festival of Val d-Orcia, Italy, 2003.
- Photo de Mare, Vannes, France, 2003.
- Galerie Argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany2004
- Das Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany, 2004
- Fnac Italie 2, Paris, 2004.
- Alfred-Ehrhardt-Foundation, Germany 2005.
Numerous group shows in Iceland.
