The first day of the judging of CPOY has ended and the winners in three categories have been selected.
Late last night the winners in the Single Portrait and Sports Action categories were announced and two DMJX-students have won three prizes in these categories:
Silver, Single Portrait – Philip Davali
“They didn’t kill me, but they have taken my life”. Nazar Saad (34) photographed in his temporary home. He only stays the same place for a few months before moving to a new place. He still suffers from severe post traumatic stress syndrome, paranoia and anxiety after he was attacked and stabbed 29 times by two members of the criminal motorcycle club Hells Angels in the restroom of a bar in Copenhagen in 2013.
Photo by Philip Davali.
According to the judging screencast, Philip Davali has won silver for the above portrait. But, on the website the picture is announced as a bronze winner. Apparently there has been a mistake there.
The bronze winner is a former DMJX-student, Fabian Fiechter. He has won with the portrait of 82 years old sister Margaritha. Fabian hasn’t made the portrait during his one year study at DMJX.
Award of Excellence, Single Portrait – Ulrik Hasemann
Pajk Malinovski is a third generation poet.
Photo by Ulrik Hasemann.
Bronze, Sports Action – Ulrik Hasemann
Open Water Swimming. Photo by Ulrik Hasemann.
Earlier on the first judging day four DMJX-student won five prizes in the Spot News category. Read more about this in the news post “Five out of Seven Spot News Winners from DMJX”.
This concludes the first CPOY-day: Eight out of a total of 17 prizes went to five different DMJX-students.