Picture gallery from the Danish POY

Friday the 6th of March, the award ceremony for the Danish Picture of the Year was held at The Black Diamond, The Royal Library in Copenhagen.
7 photojournalist students, 1 TV Media Production student and 1 guest teacher from DMJX won first prizes at the competition.
3 photojournalist students were runners-up in 3 categories.

Around 500 people in Dronningesalen at the Black Diamond waiting for the announcements of this year’s winners at the Danish POY. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen.
Photojournalist student Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker, winner of News Picture of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Photojournalist students Laura Bisgaard Krogh og Andreas Haubjerg, winners of Portrait Series of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Photojournalist student Oscar Scott Carl, winner of Danish Reportage of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Photojournalist student Valdemar Store Ren, winner of Danish Everyday Picture of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
DMJX guest teacher Bo Amstrup, winner of Cultural Picture of the year. Photo: Søren Pagter.
Newly graduated photojournalist Nanna Navntoft, winner of Long Term Project of the year Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Photojournalist students Andreas Vinther and Tobias Stidsen, winners of Short TV/Web production of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Tv Media Production student Benny Kjølhede, winner of Long TV/Web production of the year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
While the winners were announced at the award ceremony, the exhibition was hung at the Balck Diamond, The Danish Royal Library. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen handed over the prize for Picture of the Year to photojournalist student Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset.
Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker’s Picture of the Year was one of the last pictures to be hung at the exhibition. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen.
Swedish photographer Lars Dareberg filming Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker while she is being interviewed right after it was announced that she had won Picture of the Year. Photo: Søren Pagter.
Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker couldn’t believe that her picture won the prestigious prize. Photo: Søren Pagter.
The Danish Picture of the Year is exhibited at the Black Diamond in Copenhagen. Photo: Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen.
Journalist student Mikkel Thuesen, photojournalist students Laura Bisgaard and Andreas Haubjerg in front of their prize winning story. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen.