Reykjavík Museum of Photography

This exhibition at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography comprises a selection of Ragnar’s best-known photo-series from the past three decades – notably about the way of life of hunters in Greenland, and farmers and fishermen in Iceland and the Faroes. The show also includes images from Siberia and a selection of Ragnar’s news photography, including photos from the Baltic states at the dawn of a new era, and of shipwrecks and natural disasters – and arresting pictures of the impact that man is having on the nature of the North. 

In recent years, books of Ragnar’s photographs have drawn attention and praise around the world; many exhibitions of his work have been held in different countries, and received media coverage, and he has been honoured with a variety of awards for his unique achievements in documenting the nature and communities of the countries where he has worked. 

Ragnar Axelsson’s new photography book by will be published soon in the reknowned French photography book collection Photo Poche. In Iceland the book will be published by Axelsson’s publisher Crymogea.


Ragnar Axelsson│Mirror of Life

Ragnar Axelsson’s photographs attract attention wherever they go. Both alluring and intriguing, they convey a profound insight into the worlds they portray.

Rag­nar Axels­son│Mir­ror of Life

Ragnar Axelsson’s photographs attract attention wherever they go. Both alluring and intriguing, they convey a profound insight into the worlds they portray.

Ragnar Axelsson│Mirror of Life