Sometimes it’s hard to catch up on all the news ticking in from all over the world about our students. So here’s an update from the past weeks:
Paris:
Roger Anis exhibits his Visual Project “The Blessed Marriage” at The Arabic World Institute in Paris. The exhibition had a private opening on the 25th of September, where Roger and his wife Karoline were invited. Here they met with the newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron, who knew about the work and specifically asked to meet the photographer behind it.
The exhibtion opened to the public on the 26th and can be seen till January, where it will move to MUba Eugène Leroy, musée des beaux-arts de Tourcoing.
Karoline, the French president Emmanuele Macron and Roger at the opening of Roger’s exhibition in Paris. Selfie by Roger Anis.
Copenhagen:
Kiên Hoàng Lê’s Visual Project about his grand parents was exhibited at this year’s Copenhagen Photo Festival. Right now some of the pictures are exhibited at Kongens Nytorv in the centre of Copenhagen. In really large scale.
Japan and Denmark:
Heba Khamis‘ project Banned Beauty, which was a part of our anniversary exhibition at the Copenhagen Photo Festival, has been published in the Japanese edition of Newsweek. And the project is a part of the Danish newspaper Politiken’s special edition about photography – published due to the opening of World Press Photo in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen and the rest of the world:
Mathias Bojesen’s project How to Boil a Frog is published in the recent edition of the Danish Scenario Magazine, which is available at shops and museums like Politiken’s Boghal (CPH), Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and MoMA (New York) – and in 21 other countries. Mathias made the project while he was doing his exchange study at the Royal Academy of Art in den Haag, Holland.
All over the world:
Noa City-Eliyahu’s project For Signe is published in English version of Vice Magazine, which is spread all over the world. Noa did the story as her final Photo Story at DMJX in the fall 2016.