Faces of the North Ishida takashi In the face of oppression

In the face of oppression and indifference from those most poised to provide assistance

The photographs of contemporary Veles are intertwined with excerpts and facsimiles from a 1919 archaeological discovery also called ‘the Book of Veles’ — a cryptic collection of 40 ‘ancient’ wooden boards discovered in Russia by an army officer

The collection of black-and-white images create a magnificent portrait of a time and a place

General wear and sunning to spine of dust jacket

Faces of the North Ishida takashi In the face of oppressionSecond 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