We are proud and excited to announce that the ECCA Family Foundation will sponsor the ECCA-DMJX Photojournalism Award for the third time. The award is designed to support DMJX student projects and with it’s major economical prizes it is among the most valuable in the world. In a time where »
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art hosted on March 17 a live debate with photojournalist Sigrid Nygaard and author Klaus Rothstein on how to portray a human being. The event was arranged on the occasion of the release of the two books At Mærke Et Menneske by Mads Greve, Steffen Moestrup »
Paul-Louis Godier‘s story Nihal, Child of the Moon has been published in The Guardian, England and in L’Echo, Belgium. Nihal, Child of the Moon is the story of Nihal who is diagnosed with a rare and incurable condition. She is estimated to be 4,000 times more likely to develop skin »
Julija Stankevičiūtė’s story Every Night I Am At War that she made for her final Diploma Project in the fall 2025 is published online at Nara.lt. NARA is a space for responsible journalism in which fundamental aspects of society are examined. NARA is produced by a collective of journalists and »
DMJX students received four first prizes and three second prizes at the 2025 Danish Picture of the Year when the winners were announced at the Royal Danish Library, the Black Diamond on Friday, March 5, 2026. A ten year long project that started as a BA-project at DMJX won Long »
The three DMJX teachers Mads Greve, Steffen Moestrup and Søren Pagter officially launched their interview book AT MÆRKE ET MENNESKE (To Sense a Person) at a reception at Politikens Forlag, Thursday, March 5, 2026. Book presentation from the back cover of the bookHow do you create a portrait that really »
We’re delighted to announce the names of the 12 photographers selected from a total 91 applications for our upcoming educational programme that will run throughout 2026 in Cairo. The eduactional programme titled The Language of Photojournalism is made in co-operation with our partner Photopia Cairo and supported by the Embassy »
The International Photo 1 and the Danish second term students opened a mutual documentary exhibition at DMJX, Friday, February 27, 2026. The documentary exhibition conclude Photojournalistic Method, which is the first course of the spring 2026 term. During this course, the students have received various lectures, participated in discussions and »
Mikkel Hørlyck gave a lecture about his ongoing work in Ukraine for DMJX journalism and photojournalism students on Friday, February 28, 2026. »
Lamees Saleh Sharf Eldin‘s project Indefinitely has received the Tasweer Project Award and has been exhibited at both LagosPhoto and Image Festival Amman in 2025. Tasweer Project Award 2025 Established by Qatar Museums, Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar is being developed as a focal point for the personal and professional creative »
This week, Zifan Zhang has received an Award of Excellence in the Portrait Category at the 83rd Pictures of the Year International (POYi). Zifan Zhang has received the prize at POYi with the above portrait which is a part of his project Being Young in Latvia. The project was made »
During the past week, DMJX alumnus and World Press Photo winner Mohamed Mahdy has been back in Aarhus to present his book Here, the Doors Don’t Know Me and to give a talk to the current DMJX students. On Friday, February 13, Galleri Image organized a book launch of Mohamed »
As part of their course Learning about the Media Industry, the Danish fourth term students have been on a two-days study trip to Hamburg together with Søren Pagter. During the two days, they visited two exhibitions, attended a talk with photographer Alexandra Polina and visited the newspaper Die Zeit, where »
The five pictures nominated for Best Danish Press Photo of the Year 2025 have been announced and DMJX students Dicte Sønnichsen and Nichlas Pollier are among the candidates to win the prize. »
The three DMJX teachers Mads Greve, Steffen Moestrup and Søren Pagter have made an interview book with 14 Nordic photographers who work with documentary portraits. Book presentation from the back cover of the bookHow do you create a portrait that really captures a human being? 14 of Scandinavia’s most renowned »
Emilie Toldam has won an Award of Excellence at 2025 UNICEF Photo of the Year and her awarded project Miss Vogue will be exhibited together with the other winners at Willy Brandt’s House in Berlin from today till April 26, 2026. Emilie Toldam made Miss Vogue during her internship at »
Zifan Zhang is among only ten photographers in the world nominated for 2026 Student Photographer of the Year at World Photography Student Competition. Zifan is nominated for his project Being Young in Latvia that he made during his Photo 1 study in spring 2025. Six images from Zifan Zhang’s ten picture »
Monday, January 26, all photojournalism students met for two lectures to kick off the 2026 spring term. The two lecturers were Maria Albrechtsen Mortensen, staff photographer at the Royal Danish Theatre and Aliona Kardash, World Press Winner and freelance photographer from Hamburg. »
Thursday, January 22 the graduation ceremony for Danish DMJX photojournalists and journalists was held at the campus in Aarhus. August Vinther received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize for best photojournalistic BA-project. Images from the graduation ceremony: »
In co-operation with Photopia School of Photography and with the support of the Danish Embassy in Cairo, DMJX photojournalism will run an educational programme in Cairo throughout 2026. Outline of the programmeThe programme aims to educate 10–12 Egyptian photographers in the language and practice of photojournalism. It consists of four »
