{"id":6655,"date":"2023-04-05T15:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamburgarts.de\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2023-04-11T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:51:58","slug":"podcast-arctis-photographer-ragnar-axelsson-in-the-phoxxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamburgarts.de\/en\/podcast-arctis-photographer-ragnar-axelsson-in-the-phoxxi\/","title":{"rendered":"#PODCAST Arctic-photographer Ragnar Axelsson in the PHOXXI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The<\/span> images<\/span> in<\/span> PHOXXI<\/span> show<\/span> the<\/span> consequences<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> climate<\/span> crisis<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Arctic<\/span> landscape<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> people<\/span>,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Inuit<\/span> in<\/span> Alaska<\/span> and<\/span> Greenland<\/span>,<\/span> who<\/span> often<\/span> struggle<\/span> to<\/span> survive<\/span> in<\/span> these<\/span> regions<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>Photographer<\/span> Ragnar<\/span> Axelsson<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> studying<\/span> life<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> threatened<\/span> Arctic<\/span> for<\/span> decades<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>As<\/span> a<\/span> resident<\/span> of<\/span> Iceland<\/span>,<\/span> he<\/span> is<\/span> directly<\/span> affected<\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>He<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> observing<\/span> the<\/span> slow<\/span> melting<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> glaciers<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span> his<\/span> homeland<\/span> for<\/span> years<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ragnar Axelsson \u00a9 Mikide Kristiansen, Thule, Greenland, 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ragnar Axelsson \u00a9 Melting Iceberg, Scoresbysund, Gr\u00f6nland, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PHOXXI: “Where the world is Melting” Arctic-photographer Ragnar Axelsson<\/h3>\n

In<\/span> Ragnar<\/span> Axelsson’s<\/span> photographs<\/span> it<\/span> becomes<\/span> clear<\/span> how<\/span> quickly<\/span> the<\/span> Arctic<\/span> is<\/span> changing<\/span> and<\/span> how<\/span> much<\/span> the<\/span> climate<\/span> crisis<\/span> threatens<\/span> life<\/span> in<\/span> these<\/span> regions<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>In<\/span> sometimes<\/span> surreal<\/span> black<\/span>–<\/span>and<\/span>–<\/span>white<\/span> photographs<\/span>,<\/span> Axelsson<\/span> shows<\/span> the<\/span> melting<\/span> of<\/span> glaciers<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> shrinking<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> ice<\/span> sheet<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> rise<\/span> in<\/span> sea<\/span> levels<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Ragnar Axelsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The<\/span> exhibition<\/span> at<\/span> PHOXXI<\/span> also<\/span> features<\/span> an<\/span> already<\/span> legendary<\/span> photograph<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> since<\/span> been<\/span> printed<\/span> worldwide<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>Axelsson<\/span> describes<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Hamburg<\/span> Arts<\/span> podcast<\/span> how<\/span> the<\/span> picture<\/span> came<\/span> about<\/span> and<\/span> how<\/span> the<\/span> old<\/span> man’s<\/span> life<\/span> changed<\/span> afterwards<\/span> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ragnar Axelsson \u00a9 Farmer Gu\u014dj\u00f6n Porsteinsson, M\u00ffrdalur, Iceland, 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ragnar<\/span> Axelsson<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Hamburg<\/span> Arts<\/span> podcast<\/span><\/h3>\n

Here is the link to the Podcast-Episode with Ragnar Axelsson<\/p>\n