Tag: Ragnar Axelsson

  • The Fading Ways of Indigenous Arctic Hunters

    The Fading Ways of Indigenous Arctic Hunters

    The Fading Ways of Indigenous Arctic Hunters Ragnar Axelsson’s portraits from Greenland reveal the effects of climate change on ice floes, sled dogs, and a traditional culture. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-fading-ways-of-indigenous-arctic-hunters Ragnar Axelsson’s portraits from Greenland reveal the effects of climate change on ice floes, sled dogs, and a traditional culture.

  • Documenting the Disappearing Glaciers of Iceland – The New York Times

    Documenting the Disappearing Glaciers of Iceland – The New York Times

    Documenting the Disappearing Glaciers of Iceland On foot and by plane, Ragnar Axelsson is photographing the glaciers that cover his homeland, creating a poetic record of the structures for a future without them. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/lens/iceland-glaciers-photos.html On foot and by plane, Ragnar Axelsson is photographing the glaciers that cover his homeland, creating a poetic record of…

  • Ragnar Axelsson: Around Iceland in 80 Hours « The Leica Camera

    Ragnar Axelsson: Around Iceland in 80 Hours Ragnar Axelsson, also known as RAX, is an Icelandic photographer who was born in 1958. He has been a photographer for Morgunbladid, Iceland’s biggest newspaper, since 1976. Axelsson has also shot numerous freelance projects for magazines and had exhibitions all over the world. Most recently, he took the…

  • Showcase: Black and Very White – Lens

    Showcase: Black and Very White – Lens

    Showcase: Black and Very White He’s trekked through glacial storms, fallen through rifts and awakened on ice that’s drifted to sea. But, Miki Meek reports, Ragnar Axelsson keeps coming back. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/showcase-black-and-very-white/ He’s trekked through glacial storms, fallen through rifts and awakened on ice that’s drifted out to sea. But Ragnar Axelsson just…