Andlit nordursins – Last Days of the Arctic

Name: Andlit nordursins – Last Days of the Arctic
Brand: Sagafilm Reykjavik, BBC, ARTE
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By Magnús Vidar Sigurdsson

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Photographer Ragnar Axelsson (RAX) has been working since 1976 for Morgunbladid, Iceland’s biggest newspaper. His own projects have been published in LIFE, National Geographic, Le Figaro, Stern, La Vanguardia, Time and many other international magazines and newspapers. We join RAX on his journey as he visits friends he has made through his work. His passion is documenting the fast deteriorating lifestyles of the North. We visit his friends, farmers in Iceland and the Faroe Islands and the free spirited hunters of Greenland. RAX has tirelessly followed the lives of some of these people for the past twenty years. In Greenland we meet people who are so intertwined with nature, that they are more afraid of government officials than of a starving polar bear looking for prey. RAX's methods of catching the right moment are the same as a hunter’s, waiting for his prey. Fascinated by stories of half forgotten people who live in circumstances most of us will never experience he places himself side by side with people who suddenly have to face and deal with new realities due to the changing world climate. We sense the difficulties the hunters of Greenland are up against. It can take RAX weeks in the company of his subjects before he earns the right to hear their stories. First they want to find out what he is made of since being out on the ice with the Inuits, is not for just anyone. When he has shown his strength, and proven himself worthy he takes up the camera. We see how this man manages to work with the Inuits- without speaking their language, and how he deals with their lifestyle with utter respect. This exciting documentary follows Ragnar Axelsson on his journey: A visual project that will both use new footage filmed on location, as well as RAX’s stunning photos through the years.

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Publisher:: Sagafilm Reykjavik, BBC, ARTE
Languages:: Published: English

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