DMJX students opened two exhibitions at Aarhus Public Library – Dokk1 Tuesday, September 2, 2025. The two exhibitions are Paradox made in the spring 2024 by a group of Danish and international students, and Aarhus Portraits made by the ten Photo 1 students of the fall 2025. PARADOXParadox is a »
Swedish photographer Åsa Sjöström gave the welcome lecture of the fall 2025 term to 49 photojournalism students at DMJX on Wednesday, August 27. »
Zifan Zhang‘s project “Lost and Found” has been selected as one of three finalists among nearly 50 submissions for the Highlight Award at Vilnius Photo Circle. Lost and FoundAs the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Transnistria—bordered by Moldova and Ukraine—faces deepening isolation. Politically unrecognised and reliant on Russia, »
Christian Falck Wolff and Simon Gerlinger are part of the group exhibition Sein und Werden at the photo festival Les Rencontre d’Arles in France Sein und Werden is exhibited in Fotohaus in Arles and consists of eight projects – four of them selected by Hamburg Portfolio Review and four selected »
Graduate student Emilie Toldam Futtrup has won Kravlingprisen with her project Trusting the Eyes of Others. Emilie Toldam Futtrup has won Kravlingprisen for her BA-project Trusting the Eyes of Others that she made in the fall 2024. Trusting the Eyes of Others is an online story about 25-year old Frederikke »
30 DMJX students attended three days with exhibitions, portfolio reviews, workshops and talks at the 2025 Copenhagen Photo Festival. Here are some of the highlights from the study trip to Copenhagen that concluded the spring term. Portfolio reviews, Thursday, June 12 at Lille Mølle Opening of the festival, Thursday, June »
The Danish fourth term students opened their exhibition Shiting Grounds at Copenhagen Photo Festival on Friday, June 13, 2025. Around 500 people came to the opening and Magnum photographer Martin Parr took a tour around the exhibition where he talked to the students about their stories. Shifting Grounds is a »
The Photo 1 and the Danish second term students met for the final day of the spring 2025 term on Wednesday, June 11. During the day, the Photo 1 students presented their video documentaries and the second term students launched their magazine SAMSØ. »
Our 12 second term students launched a magazine with stories from the island Samsø at a reception on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The magazine was made during a six weeks workshop at DMJX. During the first two weeks, the students attended classes at the school. After this, they travelled as »
Liv Latricia Habel and Maria Høy Hansen are both represented in the recent edition of the Danish Magazine Kunst (Arts). »
Emilie Toldam and Benjamin Krog’s BA-projects are shortlisted in the student category at the World Report Award | Documenting Humanity organized by Festival della Fotografica Etica. »
Roman Sokolov‘s Visual Project “The Stolen Place” is published in the recent edition of LFI Magzine published by Leica Fotografie International. Roman Sokolov made his project about the freetown Christania in Copenhagen during his study at DMJX in the spring 2023. »
Zifan Zhang‘s story Lost and Found has been shortlisted and exhibited at Kolga Tbilisi Photo Week in Georgia. Lost and Found is shortlisted in the Documentary Series category of the Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards. Zifan Zhang writes about the project:As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Transnistria—bordered by »
Friday, April 11, the annual DMJX Festival was held and during the whole day, photojournalism and journalism students could choose between a variety of more than 20 talks, lectures and events. »
Our nine Photo 1 students have concluded their magazine workshop with the production of a 136 pages magazine. The magazine was presented Friday, April 11 with an exhibition and reception as part of the annual DMJX Festival. The students have made their individual stories and designed the magazine during a »
Rikke Kjær Kjeldsen and Liv Møller Kastrup‘s BA-project “Do You See What I See” is exhibited at Dokk1 in Aarhus until Thursday, April 24, 2025. “Do You See What I See” portrays the moods or feelings of 11 different people while they were in the grip of psychosis. Rikke Kjær »
Book dummies by Lisa-Marie Gruber and Nora Börding are among the 50 photo books selected for the Dummy Award 2025. Both projects started during the two photographers’ studies at DMJX in the fall 2023. 395 books from 48 countries were submitted for the 2025 Dummy Award. The Dummy Award 2025 shortlist is going »
Maria Høy Hansen is one of the four Nordic photographers selected for the FUTURES Nordic Talents 2025 programme that is organized by the Copenhagen Photo Festival. The four FUTURES talents have been chosen from 83 submissions by Copenhagen Photo Festival’s exhibition committee through the festival’s annual open call. As part »
Rhiannon Johnston and Katja Hasenöhrl‘s video documentary “Home in the Heather” has been named finalist in the Daily Life category at POYi – Picture of the Year international. “Home in the Heather” has been named one of two finalists in the Daily Life Video Documentary Category at the 82nd POYi »
11 DMJX students were nominated for the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. The winners in the various categories were announced at the award ceremony at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen this Friday, March 7, 2025. The nominated DMJX students won four first prizes and five second prizes. Winners »
