Today, at the graduation ceremony Tor Birk Trads was awarded the Scanpix Prize for best Danish photojournalistic BA-project.
The front cover picture of Tor Birk Trads’ prize winning project.
Tor Birk Trads won with his project called “Det, der er nærmest, er det, vi ikke ser” (What’s closest, we do not see) – stories from the suburb Albertslund.
Picture by Tor Birk Trads from his project “What’s closest, we do not see”.
In the motivation for the prize, the editiors at Scanpix praised Tor’s ability to balance the story between the close, personal images and the bigger story about a place and it’s history.
Picture by Tor Birk Trads from his project “What’s closest, we do not see”.
Tor Birk Trads was unfortunately not present at the graduation ceremony today, since he was on hias way to Marokko. But, he sent a video to thank Scanpix, his fellow students and DMJX.
The Scanpix Prize is 5.000 Danish Kroner.
Picture by Tor Birk Trads from his project “What’s closest, we do not see”.