On the fourth and last day of the judging of the still photo division at CPOY the two main categories Documentary and Portfolio were judged – And again with an amazing result for our DMJX-students.
From the story “One in Eight Hundred” about Emmy who’s born with Down’s Syndrome. Picture by Mario Wezel.
Mario Wezel won the Portfolio Category and by doing that he won the title College Photographer of the Year. With this title follows an internship at National Geographic.
Mario Wezel’s winning portfolio consists among other pictures of two major stories, which he did while studying at DMJX: “One in Eight Hundred” and “Sin Began with Marlene”. Mario has studied at both our photo1 and photo2 programmes. He graduated his final Diploma Project in the spring 2013.
Mario Wezel also won an Award of Excellence in the Documentary Category for his story “One in Eight Hundred”.
“I remember a bright light and a loud noise, before everything went dark,” says Khantoun Pantarong. From the story “Unspoken Legacy” by Lars Just.
Lars Just won two prizes on the final day of CPOY:
Lars Just won Silver in the Documentary Category for his story “Unspoken Legacy” about the large number of bombs still remaining in Laos.
Lars Just did the story as his final BA-project in the spring 2014.
Lars Just also won an Award of Excellence in the Portfolio Category.