Three DMJX students have won four prizes on the first day of the CPOY, where three categories have been judged.
Gold, Spot News to Emil Hougaard:
“Peace is worth nothing without justice” says Martin Livanze, a 23-year old inhabitant of the largest slum of Nairobi, Kibera. The opposition candidate of the Kenyan General Elections Raila Odinga has just announced his miscreditation of the electoral process. He is accusing the sitting and winning president for electoral fraud. A group of women run and chant in the streets. They have been doing it for four days with almost no sleep. “As soon as we lower the voice, the rest of the world will forget” they say. Photo: Emil Hougaard.
Bronze, Spot News to Ólafur Steiner Gestsson:
in Copenhagen: Left-wing protesters in counter-demonstration against a right-winged parade through Nørrebro – a multi ethnic neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The police were highly represented to keep control of the situation. A left-wing protestor being pushed away from a police officer. Photo: Ólafur Steiner Gestsson.
Silver, Sports Action to Ólafur Steiner Gestsson:
Brøndby IF playing against Randers FC in the Danish Soccer League. Photo: Ólafur Steiner Gestsson.
Bronze, Portrait to Melissa Kühn Hjerrild:
“It is weird going to a pool, when there is a breast missing, and I am totally bold,” says the twenty five year old, Maria Christine Martinsen. Photo: Melissa Kühn Hjerrild.
The judging of CPOY takes place at Mizzou University in Columbia, USA and can be followed online.
During the first week all the 13 still pictures categories will be judged.