This Is The Last…

I think its about time that I introduced to you to two of my favorite Icelandic photographers. Though their styles are very different as well as their subjects they both have passion for black & white photography. And there’s something about their pictures that is very dramatic and human at the same time.

Ragnar Axelsson, better known as RAX, has been working as a photographer for Iceland’s biggest news paper Morgunblaðið since 1976. He has had his pictures published in magazines like LIFE, National Geographic, Le Figaro, Stern and TIME. He has won several awards and held exhibitions well threw the world. His last book Faces of the north was published in 2004 and is truly one of my favorite books. In the book are pictures taken over 15 years in places like Siberia, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland.

Nökkvi Elíasson is an amateur photographer that is mostly known for his amazing pictures of deserted farms. Some of his work has been published in local news papers in Iceland and he’s first big exhibition was held in Reykjavík Museum of Photography in 2001 with Brian Sweeney. His book Abandoned Farms is absolutely amazing and shows many of the Icelandic farms that are deserted in the country side.