Ragnar Axelsson - Artist Info

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Ragnar Axelsson

Born in Iceland 1958

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.

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.

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.

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.