#242 FROSTBITE BEFORE YOU CAN LOAD A FILM! HENRIK SAXGREN
Making pictures at -35 degrees Celsius in Greenland. Your hands can freeze, long before you load a film chamber. Today, Henrik Saxgren, an internationally renowned photographer who has spent a lifetime making pictures of people who need a voice talks about his latest book Ultima Thule. It's a story of life in Greenland, an account about the reality of living in a part of the world where the hunters are the hunted, where age old traditions are still practised; an honest and authentic pictorial study of life in the arctic.
Patron of the Day today is Lynn Fraser and for good reason when I consider geographic isolation playing a part in today’s story. Lynn writes: “Photography is my escape from the daily grind; I can quite happily lose several hours when out with my camera, often not moving very far in that time. I love to travel; photography has given me the means visit the places I want to see and experience, in the company of like-minded people, and along the way I have made some wonderful friends. It's opened doors to the world and, maybe more importantly, doors within me.” In 2016, Lynn spent two weeks in a national park in Western Mongolia with Kazakh nomads, some of whom were eagle hunters, as she described; “The Kazakhs were some of the most welcoming, hospitable people I have met on my travels over the years.” See the photo using the link above.
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Photographs copyright Henrik Saxgren. Not to be reproduced or used without express permission of the photographer.
