Icelandic photography on TV now

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Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but there is a programme in the Storyville series on BBC4 at the moment about an Icelandic photographer, Ragnar Axelsson, with some good stuff on there. Started at 9:00 but it's on again at 12:50 tonight. Well worth recording.
 
Thanks for the alert, I'm watching it now - there's some stunning images.

Chris
 
The half hour of that I managed to watch was great (the joys of a tiny baby;)) definitely one for iPlayer!
 
Thanks for the info - will record the 12.50 showing
 
Amazing program. I have been trying to track down a copy of 'faces of the north' for some time with no luck at all. If anyone ever hears of a copy for sale I would love to buy one!
 
WOW! Absolutely amazing. Thats the sort of photography I wish I could still do. Monochrome just adds to the images rather than taking anything away. A good range of equipment with different formats in use as well.

Pure photo PORN! Nice one BBC. :thumbs:
 
That was absolutely stunning. What an amazing photographer!
 
there has been a few on amazon recently. I found a site last week that still sells the french and german versions for about $65 brand new so I still hope to track down a similar one in english! If not, $65 for the same photos but a foreign language might be the answer.
 
Looks like you might be able to get a version from the publisher for 3745 Icelandic Krona (which works out at around £20). Don't know how much postage etc would be though, and it isn't clear whether they have them in stock. Might be worth an email - link to publisher

Edit - just emailed them myself, will post the reply
 
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I watched it on iPlayer this morning and thoroughly enjoyed it, some amazing photographs, people and landscapes. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Thanks Ozei - though it is the book "Faces of the North" that is hard to get hold of. Have found it for around £20 plus another £20 postage in French or German but not in English.

Glad everyone has enjoyed the programme.
 
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Thanks Ozei - though it is the book "Faces of the North" that is hard to get hold of. Have found it for around £20 plus another £20 postage in French or German but not in English.

Glad everyone has enjoyed the programme.
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just bought the greman copy from the publisher, came out at about £36 shipped from Iceland. Cannot read german but the images speak for themselves
 
Going to get a look on iPlayer, sounds interesting. nThanks for the pointer.
 
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Ah, I didn't spot that one - did you see what it was?
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I can't tell one MF from another unless I see the maker's name. It had an eyepiece that extended over the back of the camera though. :shrug:

And he was using that Mamiya for his documentary stuff early in the programme.
 
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Thouroughly enjoyed watching this programme. Some amazing pictures and a great story to it.
 
Really enjoyed this programme, really worth a watch if you haven't seen it already:thumbs:
 
Sorry to awake this post from the dead, but I only just got to watch this on my sky+ and it was one of the most awe inspiring, emotive and inspirational documentaries I have watched.

It embodies everything that I love about photography. Thanks to the OP of making me aware of this, else I may have missed it entirely.

Thank you.
 
I agree with the above, very inspiring documentary.

I would love to get a copy of his "Faces of the North" book in English. I've just ordered the German version, can't wait for it to arrive.
 
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