Friday the 3rd of March the award ceremony for the Danish POY 2022 was held at the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Eight DMJX students were nominated beforehand, and four projects won first prizes and two received second prizes. On top of that, three students had pictures selected for the touring exhibition that includes all winning images and videos plus a selection of additional pictures.
Open Category – First prize Rikke Kjær Poulsen and Liv Møller Kastrup
Rikke Kjær Poulsen (left) and Liv Møller Kastrup on stage after receiving the first prize in the Open Category at the Danish POY 2022. The prize winning pictures are part of the two photographers’ final BA-project, which they made in the fall 2022. They both graduated in January 2023. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetPicture from Rikke Kjær Poulsen and Liv Møller Kastrup’s series Do You See What I See? that portrays the moods or feelings of eight different people while they were in the grip of psychosis. In the picture it’s Simone Korsbakke, 26 år, who have suffered from stress psychosis. “It felt a bit like being drunk. You’re present but not in control”, Simone Korsbakke explains. Photo: Liv M Kastrup.
Open Category TV/video – First prize Martin Thomas Ford and Nichlas Pollier
Martin Ford (left) and Nicolas Pollier thanking for the first prize in the Open TV/Video category at the Danish POY 2022. The winning video documentary is made during the two students’ third term as part of a workshop with teacher Laura Bisgaard in the fall 2022. Martin and Nichlas are currently attending their fourth term at DMJX. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetScreenshot from the video documentary “Mairold” by Martin Thomas Ford and Nichlas Pollier. The documentary tells the story of the 27-years old Mairold who has been addicted tofentanyl since he was 15-years old. Since 2017, Estonia has had the highest rate of overdoses per capita in Europe.
Danish Reportage – First prize Liv Møller Kastrup
Liv Møller Kastrup on stage after receiving her second first prize at the Danish POY 2022. The story is made during Liv Møller Kastrup’s internship at Jyllands-Posten in the spring 2022. Liv graduated in January 2023. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetPicture from Liv Møller Kastrup’s winning story “These Children don’t Cry. They’re Something Special”. The series is a reportage from a summer camp arranged by the SMIL Foundation . The summer camp is only for children with serious and rare diseases and their families. Diseases that many of them have to live with for the rest of their lives. Photo: Liv Møller Kastrup
Danish Daily Life – First Prize Johanne Teglgaard Olsen
Johanne Teglgård Olsen on stage at the award ceremony of the Danish POY where she won firts prize in the Danish Daily Life Category. The picture is part of a story, that Johanne has made for Kristeligt Dagblad, where she has been interning and working in 2022 while on leave from DMJX. Johanne is now back at DMJX to do her final BA-project. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetMikkel with his father 14 days before getting a brain operation. Photo: Johanne Teglgård Olsen
TV/video documentary – Second prize Rasmus H. Breum and Axel Emil Hammerbo
Screen shot from the video documentary “The Blind Spot” about 13-year old Zander, who is born blind. Documentary by: Rasmus H. Breum and Axel Emil Hammerbo
Single portrait – Second prize Mathias Eis
Portrait of poet and radio host Keith Thomas Lohse, a.k.a. My Name is Keith. Photo: Mathias Eis
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