Final year student Ulrik Hasemann was awarded Informations Fotopris yesterday.
The Jungle in Calais. One of the pictures from Ulrik Hasemann’s prize winning portfolio. Photo by: Ulrik Hasemann.
Ulrik Hasemann has been interning at Information and the jury writes among other things in their statement for the prize: Ulrik Hasemann photographs with great repspect for the people, whom he is telling about.
Second prize went to Nanna Navntoft and third prize to Anders Rye Skjoldjensen. Both interns from Politiken.
The jury members were thhre Danish freelance photographers Sara Galibiati, Joachim Adrian and Daniel Hjorth.
Informations fotopris is given to a photojournalist student for his or hers extraordinary work during work during internship. The prize acknowledges both the stories and the daily work done during the student’s internship. The prize is initiated by the daily Information and sponsored by Canon.