Helle Arensbak graduated in the spring 2012 with her project “Sofasoverne” about the women living at the Institution Sundholm in Copenhagen. The women at Sundsholm used to live on the streets – but at the institution they’ve found a shelter for their drug and alcohol abuse.
Else – one of the women portrayed in Helle Arensbak’s book. Picture by Helle Arensbak.
Helle Arensbak eidted her BA-project as a book – telling the personal stories about several of the women. After her graduation, Helle Arensbak self published the book in a limited amount of copies and sold 30 copies of them to Sundholm. Now, she has sold an extra 11 books to different Danish libraries.