Ultima Thule / Henrik Saxgren ; foreword by Minik Rosing ; and design by Greger Ulf Nilson ; [translated from the Danish by Steve Schein].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saxgren, Henrik, author.

Contributor:

Rosing, Minik T., writer of foreword.

Nilson, Greger Ulf.

Schein, Steve, translator.

Standardized Title:

Ultima Thule. English

Language:

Danish

English

Subjects (All):

Saxgren, Henrik.

Documentary photography.

Photography, Artistic.

Greenland--Pictorial works.

Greenland.

Hunters--Greenland--Pictorial works.

Hunters.

documentary photography.

art photography.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

183 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 34 cm + 1 booklet (20 pages, 24 cm)

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2018]

Summary:

Historically, Ultima Thule has been a concept for 'the northernmost boundary with the end of the world', a mythical place. For more than 200 years artists, writers, scientists and adventurers have felt the attraction of life on this boundary. In this succession, Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren (*1953 in Randers) locates his work which explores the life in Arctic Greenland. Spread over six journeys, he spent more than six months in the Thule region. His photographs document the life of what may be the last generation of hunters on the sea ice of Thule, hunting and catching the great (sea) mammals, like their ancestors for centuries before them. Despite of the physically and mentally challenging conditions, Saxgren continued his work and created new pictures for which he even sometimes had to overcome his own fear: pictures that can supplement the narrative of the Arctic, its drama, its myths.

Notes:

Includes index.

Booklet title: Notes about the journey.

"First Danish edition printed and distributed by Gyldendal, 2017"--Colophon

Contains:

Saxgren, Henrik. Notes about the journey.

ISBN:

9783775744263

3775744266

OCLC:

1047932211

Publisher Number:

9783775744263