Ólafur Steiner Gestsson wins the Ritzau Scanpix prize

Ólafur Steiner Gestsson and his journalistic colleague, Frederik Tillitz, received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize for best photojournalistic BA project at the graduation ceremony today.

Søren Pagter reads the motivation for the Ritzau Scanpix prize, while Frederik Tillitz is listening. Photojournalist Ólafur Steiner Gestsson wasn’t present at the graduation ceremony. Photo: Aleksander Klug.

The two students won the prize for their web documentary, Rusland in Europe, which is a webpage with six stories from Transnistria and Ukraine.

Photojournalist Anders Rye Skjoldjensen receives his diploma and a congratulation from head master Jens Otto Kjær Hansen. Photo: Aleksander Klug.

The eight photojournalists, who graduated today are

Petra Theibel Jacobsen

Melissa Kühn Hjerrild

Katrine Marie Kragh

David Leth Williams

Casper Holmenlund Christensen

Anders Rye Skjoldjensen

Rune Aarestrup Pedersen

Olafur Steiner Gestsson

Søren Pagter hugs and congratulates Katrine Marie Kragh at the graduation ceremony today. Photo: Aleksander Klug.