Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson (* 1958 in Iceland ) is an Icelandic photographer who mainly deals with nature photography .

Life

His photographs have been shown at many national and international exhibitions. In Germany, Ragnar Axelsson is known for his portfolio In Leicaworld, combined with the “Honorable Mention” for the Oskar Barnack Prize. Ragnar Axelsson lives in Reykjavík . Since 1976 he has been working for the newspaper Morgunblaðið .

Awards

• The annual Icelandic Photojournalists Awards: over 20 awards, four times Photographer of the Year, Photographer of the Year and six times “Best Photo Story of the Year ” (Documentary Story of the Year).
• Oskar Barnack Award ( Leica ), 2001. Honorable Mention.
• Festival International de la Photo de Mer, Vannes , Grand Prix.

Exhibitions

• The Reykjavík Municipal Museum, 1990.
• Tender is the North, visual arts from Scandinavia, Barbican Center , London, 1992.
• Visa pour l'Image: Festival International du Photojournalisme, Perpignan , 2000; screening of the 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.
• Galerie Argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany, 2004.
• Altonaer Museum (North German State Museum), Hamburg , Germany, 2004.
• Fnac Italie 2, Paris, 2004.
• Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, 2004.
• Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Germany 2005.
• Faces of the North. Austurvellir, Reykjavík.
• Paris Photo 2005, Louvre, Paris.
• Fnac , Milan, 2007.
• Galerie Argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
• The Athy Heritage Center-Museum and 10th Anniversary Shackleton School, Ireland, 2010.

Publications

• The soul of the north. Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland . Reykjavik 2005. ISBN 9979-32561-5 , ISBN 9979-32594-1 .
• The last hunters of the Arctic. Inuit in Greenland . Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-86873-283-2 .

  ( Last days of the Arctic . Verlag Crymogea, Reykjavik 2010, ISBN 978-0-95552-552-0 .)

Web links

• Biography Ragnar Axelsson (gallery argus fotokunst)
• Axelsson's internet presence

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ragnar Axelsson. Retrieved November 6, 2014 . 
2. ^ " Festival International de la Photo de Mer 2006 / Vannes ".
3. ↑ Exhibition in Ireland, 2010. ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .