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Ragnar Axelsson. Where the world is melting.

  • Ragnar Axelsson
    Ragnar Axelsson
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalssandur, Iceland, 1996
    Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalssandur, Iceland, 1996
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Horse Rescue, Skarðsheiði, Iceland, 1995
    Ragnar Axelsson © Horse Rescue, Skarðsheiði, Iceland, 1995
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Jonas Madsen, Sandey, Faroe Islands, 1989
    Ragnar Axelsson © Jonas Madsen, Sandey, Faroe Islands, 1989
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Farmer Guðjón Þorsteinsson, Mýrdalur, Iceland, 1995
    Ragnar Axelsson © Farmer Guðjón Þorsteinsson, Mýrdalur, Iceland, 1995
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Masauna Kristiansen, Thule, Greenland, 1987
    Ragnar Axelsson © Masauna Kristiansen, Thule, Greenland, 1987
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Hjelmer Hammeken, Scoresbysund, Greenland, 1995
    Ragnar Axelsson © Hjelmer Hammeken, Scoresbysund, Greenland, 1995
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1987
    Ragnar Axelsson © Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1987
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Sermiliqaq, Greenland, 1997
    Ragnar Axelsson © Sermiliqaq, Greenland, 1997
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Hunter Kangertittivaq on the Sea Ice, Greenland, 1995
    Ragnar Axelsson © Hunter Kangertittivaq on the Sea Ice, Greenland, 1995
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Black Beach, South Coast, Iceland, 1987
    Ragnar Axelsson © Black Beach, South Coast, Iceland, 1987
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland, 2010
    Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland, 2010
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland, 2010
    Ragnar Axelsson © Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland, 2010
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dog, Thule, Greenland, 2019
    Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dog, Thule, Greenland, 2019
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dog, Thule, Greenland, 1987
    Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dog, Thule, Greenland, 1987
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Hunter Masuana Kristiansen, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1987
    Ragnar Axelsson © Hunter Masuana Kristiansen, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1987
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dogs, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1
    Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dogs, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 1
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Arctic Hunter on the Sea Ice, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 2019
    Ragnar Axelsson © Arctic Hunter on the Sea Ice, Ingelfieldfjord, Greenland, 2019
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Mads Ole Hunter, Thule, Greenland, 2019
    Ragnar Axelsson © Mads Ole Hunter, Thule, Greenland, 2019
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Polar Bear on the Sea Ice, Greenland, 2019
    Ragnar Axelsson © Polar Bear on the Sea Ice, Greenland, 2019
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Mikide Kristiansen, Thule, Greenland, 1999
    Ragnar Axelsson © Mikide Kristiansen, Thule, Greenland, 1999
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dogs on the Sea Ice, Thule, Greenland, 2010
    Ragnar Axelsson © Sled Dogs on the Sea Ice, Thule, Greenland, 2010
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Melting Iceberg, Scoresbysund, Greenland, 2014
    Ragnar Axelsson © Melting Iceberg, Scoresbysund, Greenland, 2014
  • Ragnar Axelsson © Kötlujökull Melting, Iceland, 2021
    Ragnar Axelsson © Kötlujökull Melting, Iceland, 2021

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The first retrospective exhibition by Ragnar Axelsson from the series' Faces of the North, Glacier, Last Days of the Arctic, and Arctic Heroes. The eminent Icelandic photographer's themes are the changes in the physical and traditional realities of the North.

For over 40 years, Ragnar Axelsson (RAX, b. 1958) has photographed people, animals, and landscapes in the most remote regions of Greenland, Iceland, and Siberia. In simple black and white photos, he captures the elementary human experience in nature on the edge of the habitable world.

RAX highlights the extraordinary relationships between people, animals, and places in the Arctic and their extreme environment - relationships that change in profound and complex ways due to unprecedented climate change.

RAX was a photojournalist at Morgunblaðið from 1976-2018. He has worked as a freelancer in Latvia, Lithuania, Mozambique, South Africa, China, and Ukraine. His photographs are widely published (i.e., Life, Newsweek, Stern, GEO, National Geographic, Time, and Polk) and have received numerous awards.

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