This weekend, the fotofestival Vilnius Photo Circle was held in the capital of Lithuania. The Vilnius Photo Circle consists of two competetions and a festival with screenings and lectures. The two competetions are: the main competition “the Circle of Life” for professionals and the “Homework” competetion for young photographers below 30 years.
Søren Pagter, who had been the tutor and the one to select the finalists and the winner for the “Homework” competetion, was invited to Vilnius to present the five young finalists in the youth competition and to talk about how we teach photojournalism at DMJX.
At the lecture Søren Pagter showed different work made by DMJX students in order to tell about the different workshops and semesters at DMJX – and to show the variety of work made at our school. For instance Søren Pagter showed the two recent magazines, “Lollik” and “Voice”. Just like he showed the reportage “Sorte Fugle” by Sofia Busk, some Visual Projects and BA-projects, for instance by Ilaria di biagio, Arianna Sanesi and Mette Frandsen.
People waiting for the screenings to begin at the University of Vilnius. Picture by Søren Pagter.
At the evenings screening and award ceremony in the University of Vilnius three DMJX web-docs were showed: “Din for Evigt”, “Kronikken” and “Sewer Child”.
Søren Pagter handed out the first prize in the “Homework” competition to Nastasia Khrolovich from Minsk, Belarus for her story about a blind woman.
The five finalists in the “Homework” competition together with Søren Pagter. From the left: Maksim Sarychau (Minsk, Belarus), Anton Karliner (Novosibirsk, Russia), Nastasia Khrolovich (Minsk, Belarus), Søren Pagter, Kristina Brazhnikova (Voronezh, Russia) and Alexander Mihalkovich (Belarus).