Ivars Sīlis

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Ivars Sīlis (born December 1, 1940 in Riga ) is a Latvian - Greenlandic photographer , writer , film producer and honorary consul .

Life

Ivars Sīlis is the son of Jānis Sīlis (1908–?) And Hermīne Tatjana Bremze Greitāne (1920–2015). In 1944 he fled to Copenhagen with his mother and little brother . In 1964 he completed his training at Denmark's engineering academy and then worked for three years as a geophysicist in Greenland. He later participated in several expeditions to Greenland, Canada and Svalbard .

On June 19, 1976 he married the Greenlandic artist Aka Høegh (* 1947). The two children Inuk Silis-Høegh (* 1972) and Bolatta Silis-Høegh (* 1981) emerged from the marriage, both of whom work as artists, filmmakers and writers.

He published numerous books, some fiction and some photo series, which he also published in Greenlandic, English and Latvian. His photo exhibitions have been shown worldwide. In 1994 he published his first documentary Vor enestående tid (Frozen Annals) on environmental research, which was awarded by the United Nations . His film Andala og Sofiannguaq was recognized as the best documentary film at the 2002 Odense International Film Festival . Ivars Sīlis has been the Latvian Honorary Consul in Greenland since 2010.

Works

  • 1970: Slædesporene fyger til
  • 1971: Foreløbig rapport over en foto-mæssig skildring af erhvervskulturen hos polareskimoerne i Thule i 1971
  • 1980: Rolf Bökemeier: Life in the far north - Greenland (illustrations)
  • 1981: Nanoq (with Aka Høegh )
  • 1982: Kalaaleq / Grønland i dag / Greenland today
  • 1985: Tuugaalik - En historie om narhvalen, de arktiske haves mystiske skabning
  • 1989: Verdens største national park - Nord- og Østgrønland
  • 1993: Breve fra Letland (audio book)
  • 1994: Hvide horisonter - Verdens største national park
  • 1995: Sten og menneske - Nordisk Kunstprojekt i Sydgrønland
  • 1997: Hvalernes Fjord - En højarktisk summer
  • 1998: Katuaq - Kulturip Illorsua / Grønlands Kulturhus / Cultural Center Greenland
  • 1999: Kender du Qaqortoq? - Byen bag storisen
  • 2000: Min hvide verden - 30 år with camera in Greenland
  • 2001: Jagtbreve fra Arctic
  • 2006: Nabagi pilīs
  • 2007: Cape Farvel - Hvor kulturer mødes
  • 2007: Arktis - En verden af ​​krystal / Arctic - Our crystal world / Arktika - Mūsu kristāla pasaule (with Fred Bruemmer and Andris Slapiņš )
  • 2009: Slot under vand - Flygtningedreng i efterkrigstidens Danmark
  • 2010: disco

Filmography

  • 1994: Before enestående tid (Frozen Annals)
  • 1996: Grønland på vej - Hjemmestyre siden 1979
  • 2002: Andala og Sofiannguaq

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Aka Høegh in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  2. ↑ Hermīne Tatjana Bremze Greitāne at nekropole.info
  3. ↑ a b Ivars Silis in Den Store Danske
  4. ↑ Ivars Silis at gyldendal.dk
  5. ↑ Ivars Silis udnævnt til Konsul bei Knr.gl
personal data
SURNAME Sīlis, Ivars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian-Greenlandic photographer, writer, film producer and honorary consul
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga