The Danish POY award ceremony was held this afternoon at the National Library in Copenhagen. A record high number of 15 DMJX students were nominated for this year’s POY – that is almost half of the total number of 33 nominated photographers.
We’re proud to announce that these DMJX-students won the following 12 prizes:
First prize – Portait category
Anders Rye Skjoldjensen, made during his internship at Politiken
Portrait of Robert Storm Rasmussen from a story about the boys from the Westcoast of Denmark. Many boys stay in the small town, while the girls leave for the bigger cities. Picture by Anders Rye Skjoldjensen.
First prize – Danish daily life, single image
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson, made during his internship at Berlingske
Kalundborg, Denmark: Citizen’s meeting about the planning of a new asymlum center. Picture by Ólafur Steinar Gestsson.
First prize – open category, tv/web
Malene Anthony, made during her internship at Berlingske
“Am I going to die now?” is the story about the eight-year old Alberte, who suffers from a rare, deadly disease. Online-story by Malene Anthony.
Honorable mention – open category, tv/web
Victoria Mørck Madsen, made during her internship at Jydsk/Fynske Medier
Honorable mention – portrait category
Nanna Navntoft, made during her internship at Politiken
Honorable mention – Foreign reportage
Mikkel Hørlyck, made during his 3rd semester
A social worker is waking up one of the boys at an orphanage in Orhei, Moldova. “The neglected children” is a third term reportage project about the boys living there. Picture by Mikkel Hørlyck.
Honorable mention – Danish daily life, single image
Ida Marie Odgaard, made during her internship at Berlingske
Honorable mention – Danish reportage story
Ivan Riordan Boll, made during his internship at Politiken
Honorable mention – Sports’ picture
Kenneth Lysbjerg Koustrup, made during his internship at Jyllands-Posten
Honorable mention – Short video documentary
Malene Porup, Emil Kastrup Andersen and Martin Fält Hansen, made during their 3rd semester.
Henrik Busborg is the best Elvis intrepreter in Scandinavia. A video documentary made during third term by Malene Porup, Emil Kastrup Andersen and Martin Fält Hansen.
Honorable mention – Danish news picture
Simon Læssøe, graduated this January, made during his internship at Berlingske
Honorable mention – open category
Mathias Løvgreen Bojesen, currently 8th term student, made during his internship at Scanpix
Honorable mention – Sports’ picture
Tobias Nicolai Kvist Larsen, made during his internship at Jyllands-Posten
Poul Madsen, our external guest teacher, won first prize in the category for long video documentary.
Asger Ladefoged, staff photographer at Berlingske and former DMJX student, was the big winner at this year’s POY. He won both Picture of the Year and Photographer of the Year plus a selection of other prizes.
A full list of the winners can be seen at the website of the Danish Press Photographers’ Association.
Congratulations to all the winners.