Point of View

Point of View presents Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren's utterly original perspective on the world. With 102 black-and-white and 11 color photographs, this large-format volume reflects the diversity of the photojournalist's experience: from Copenhagen to Gaza, from Rwanda to Haiti, Saxgren offers a compassionate view of the struggles and triumphs of everyday life. Whether he's depicting a Danish family picnicking in a parking lot, Cuban exiles afloat on rubber inner tubes, Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, or the ecstasy of Haitian mud baths, Henrik Saxgren proves an insightful and crafty witness, placing himself repeatedly at the eye of storms of human activity.