Photo 1 students exhibit at Dokk1

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As it has almost become a tradition, DMJX Photojournalism is a part of Aarhus Festival Week 2023 with a pop-up portrait exhibition at Dokk1.

Thursday, August 31, ten international Photo 1 students met and portrayed people of Aarhus during the day. The images were printed and the exhibition Aarhus Portraits was ready for the opening, Friday, September 1. The exhibition consists of more than 50 portraits and is open till September 13, 2023.

The Photo 1 students after finishing the exhibition. From left in the front and around it’s:
Antonia Gigglberger, Shrouk Ghonim, Eliška Krátká, Ben Bond Obiri Asamoah, Ludovico Paiella, Sefa Eyol, Kaye van Loon, Daniel Almeida, Célestine Decloedt and Remy Vroonen.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Eliška Krátká, Célestine Decloedt, Shrouk Ghonim, Ludovico Paiella and Daniel Almeida discussion how to pair the portraits for the exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

The exhibition consists of more than 50 portraits made during one day in Aarhus. All the print are made by Pigment run by former student Benjamin Nørskov. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

The photo 1 students hanging the first pictures together. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Shrouk Ghonim and teacher Mads Greve in conversation with one of the portrayed people while the images are being hung. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Célestine Decloedt hanging the portraits on the boards at Dokk1. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Antonia Gigglberger in conversation with one of her protagonists. During the hanging of the exhibition and at the opening many of the portrayed people came to see the results.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Kaye van Loon, Antonia Gigglberger and Sefa Eyol co-operating on hanging the exhibition prints.
Photo: Søen Pagter/DMJX
Scholarship student Shrouk Ghonim being interviewed by Alex Rune Dahdorph from the ECCA Family Foundation that supports her study at DMJX. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

Célestine Decloedt in conversation with 79-year old Bjarne, whom she had portrayed for the exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

All photo 1 students and the teachers Benjamin Nørskov, Mads Greve and Søren Pagter. Photo: Benjamin Nørskov’s phone