Friday, June 12, the DMJX fourth term students welcomed around 300 guests for the opening their exhibition Crossroads at Copenhagen Photo Festival. The exhibition can be seen till June 17, 2026 at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen.
Group picture of ten of the 11 exhibiting fourth term students at the opening of their exhibition Crossroads. Back from left: Elise Dağdeviren, Felix Fonnest, Kristine Bjørg Frank Bojsen, Karla Ellingsøe, Emil Mogensen, Benedicte Ramfjord. Front from left: Jeanna Nathalie Lund, Sarah My Leonora Kia, Vilma Søndergaard and Hussein Ali Kazem. Not present at the opening: Liva Milde. Photo: Helge SkodvinNorwegian photographer Helge Skodvin making the group picture of the fourth term students. Helge Skodvin is one of the four solo artists selected for the 2026 Copenhagen Photo Festival. His project Observations of a New Norwegian Fauna can be seen at the festival center at The Royal Danish Theater. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Crossroads At certain points in life, we move forward without a clear map of what comes next. Without knowing where upcoming roads might merge or split. In these uncertain intersections, we discover resilience, identity, and growth.
Through nine stories, we meet different people and their perspectives. Their stories reflect on the vulnerability and complexity found at life’s many crossroads.
In times where journalism is challenged by fake news and where the amount of AI-produced photographs risks influencing our perception of the world, photojournalism is needed more than ever to document the world we live in. Crossroads is a documentary photo exhibition created by a group of 11 fourth term photojournalism students from the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX).
During the spring 2026, the 11 students have researched and made nine stories within the theme of Values.
The nine stories at the exhibition are:
The Border That Was No Longer Invisible by Benedicte Ramfjord and Vilma Søndergaard
While the Bombs Fall by Hussein Ali Kazem
Miray, Can You Come to the Stage? by Elise Dağdeviren
Nature Grabs What They Carry by Jeanna Nathalie Lund
In Mountains of the Telemark by Felix Fonnest
Zakaria’s Dream by Kristine BjørgFrank Bojsen
Chitra’s House by Karla Ellingsøe and Sarah My Leonora Kia
What Others Don’t See by Liva Milde
While Silas is Waitingby Emil Mogensen
Images from the exhibition opening
Entrance to VÆKST (growth) area of Copenhagen Photo Festival situated at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, where the DMJX exhibition Crossroads is presented. Each of the nine exhibited stories are also presented with large banners on the exhibition containers. In this picture it’s Miray, Can You Come to the Stage? by Elise Dağdeviren and While Silas is Waiting by Emil Mogensen. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX Part of the Crossroads exhibition at Refshaleøen just before the opening.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXA free exhibition catalogue was launched at the opening of Crossroads. All exhibition guests can get a copy.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
The exhibition catalogue is designed by the students themselves and printed in 500 copies by Ecograf Gruppen.Click to read an online version of the magazine. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Director of Copenhagen Photo Festival Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen opening the VÆKST area on Friday, June 12, 2026. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXAs part of the opening programme, all visitors were invited for a walk with presentations of every exhibition at VÆKST. In the picture the guest are passing banners of the stories While the Bombs Fall by Hussein Ali Kazem and Zakaria’s Dream by Kristine Bjørg Frank Bojsen on their way from one exhibition to another. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXAn overview of the Crossroads exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXExhibiting fourth term student Jeanna Nathalie Lund (left) has received flowers to celebrate the exhibition.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXTeacher and programme co-ordinator Søren Pagter opening Crossroads. Photo: Elise Dağdeviren/DMJXGuests reading Hussein Ali Kazem’s story. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXSarah My Leonora Kia in conversation with her father in front of a banner from the story made by her and Karla Ellingsøe. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXHussein Ali Kazem presenting his story to family and friends.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXA guest reading Felix Fonnest’s story. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXKarla Ellingsøe and Sarah My Leonora Kia calling their protagonists in India to show them the exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXKarla Ellingsøe and Sarah My Leonora Kia showing the big prints to their protagonists in India.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJXGuests at Felix Fonnest and Liva Milde’s stories. In the background the banners from the stories by Liva Milde and Benedicte Ramfjord & Vilma Søndergaard can be seen on the containers.Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
A banner with an image from Jeanna Nathalie Lund’s story. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
The production of the exhibition and magazine has only been possible with the support from:
Politiken-Fonden Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond Sony Nordic Goecker Ecograf Gruppen KaJ All-Graphic
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