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RagnarAxelsson,knownasRax,isaphotograherforIceland'slargestnewspaper.Thisdocumentaryfollowshimonhislife'smission,tocapturethehumanfacesofclimatechangebyphotographingthevanishinglifestylesofthepeopleofthenorth.<br/> Raxisamongthemostcelebratedphotographersintheworldandhisseriesofphotographs,FacesoftheNorth,isalivingdocumentofthedyingculturesofthefarnorthernreachesoftheplanet,mainlyIcelandicfarmers,fishermenandthegreathuntersofGreenland.<br/> 'Itwasreallyonlyonephotographthatstartedmeoff,'hesays.'Anoldmaninarowingboatandhisdogonaskerry.Ithoughttomyself,thesemenarevanishing.IfIdon'tphotographthemnow,noonewillrememberthemandnoonewillknowthattheyeverexisted.'<br/> RaxspenthischildhoodsummersonanisolatedfarmonthesoutherncoastofIceland,wherethefarmerslivedoffofthelandascountlessgenerationshadbeforethem.Asachildhewasenrapturedbythelandscapeandtheinteractionsbetweenmanandnature.<br/> Twenty-fiveyearsago,hisfascinationwithpeoplewhotrytosurviveinextremecircumstancestookhimfromIcelandtoGreenland-aplacewhichhascontinuallyinspiredhimtoreturn.<br/> HisphotoessaysofthehuntersofGreenlandarelegendary.Raxcouldwellhavebeenahunterhimself-andwewatchhimashestalkshisimagesandstrikesattheopportunemoment.Fascinatedbystoriesofhalf-forgottenpeoplewhohaveadaptedtounspeakablyharshconditions,Raxisnowdocumentingthemastheycopewithextremechangestothoseconditionsastheresultofclimatechange.<br/> LastDaysoftheArcticisacelebrationofthephotographerandhissubjects,anelegyforadisappearinglandscapeandthepeoplewhoinhabitit.
