Faces of the North Robin Friend Interested in the psychological impact

Interested in the psychological impact of design and the contrast between a room’s intended and actual use

and often mundane

In his first major artist book

a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce

Faces of the North Robin Friend Interested in the psychological impactSecond printing from 2006 in fine condition. Raised on an isolated farm in southern Iceland, Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958) became captivated early on by the brutal beauty of the North Atlantic and the delicate interactions between its inhabitants and their environment. Born of that fascination, Faces of the North, first published in a small print run in 2004, established Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. It contained