Leica M System

“24 x 36” Leica M photography portfolio 4 / 5
RAGNAR AXELSSON (1958, Iceland – lives in Iceland)
From the “Vanishing Lifestyles” series, 1988 – 2003
He actually works as a photographic reporter for “Morgunbladid”, Iceland’s leading daily newspaper. At the
same time, however, Ragnar Axelsson is busy on a long-term documentary project, which saw him gain an
“honorable mention” at the Leica Oskar Barnack Prize in 2001. Axelsson has a great interest in lifestyles that
are on the verge of dying out in Iceland, and he has taken it upon himself to capture them in pictures. Wherever
an assignment for the newspaper takes him in Iceland, Greenland or the Faeroes, he seeks out individuals or
groups that represent a culture threatened with extinction. What sets Axelsson’s work apart is its sensitive and
clear yet, for an unusual subject, very accessible view of a world that is totally removed from the blanket globalization
and harmonization of modern life.
Cameras : LEICA M4-P, LEICA M6 / Lenses : LEICA ELMARIT-M 28 mm f/2.8, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 50 mm f/2
Courtesy of Ragnar Axelsson