Friday the 1st of March, the award ceremony for the Danish Picture of the Year was held at The Black Diamond, The Royal Library in Copenhagen. Three photojournalist students won four first prizes and four photojournalist students won second prizes. One photojournalist alumnus won Long Term Project of the year with a story that started at DMJX in 2015.
Opening image from the series “Vrajitore – The Witches of Romania” by Roasline Ben-Baruch Lange, winner of international reportage at the Danish Picture of the Year 2023. Cassandra (from left), Mihaela and Anda are performing one of their daily rituals. The witches are filming their performance and selling it through the internet to their customers around the World. Rosaline Ben-Baruch Lange made her winning reportage during her fourth term at DMJX in the spring 2023. Photo: Rosaline Ben-Baruch LangeRosaline Ben-Baruch Lange on stage receiving her prize for best international reportage of the year 2023. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset
Carlos Zamora, known in the wrestling community as El Guapo, celebrates his victory at a wrestling event in Amager Bio, Denmark, September 23. Axel Emil Hammerbo made his prize winning sport’s picture for Ekstra Bladet, where he is currently doing his internship Photo: Axel Emil HammerboAxel Emil Hammerbo after receiving his prize for best sport’s picture of the year 2023. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset
“Long Live Lützerath” is a news reportage that covers the protests against the expansion of a coal mine near the town of Lützerath in Germany. The police is trying to stop the protesters from getting down to the coal mine. This picture is no. 3 in the prize winning series of eight pictures. Christian Falck Wolff’s winning series was made in January 2023 where he spent a part of his days off from his internship at Politiken to cover the climate protesters. With the opening image from the series, Christian Falck Wolff won Picture of the Year 2023. Photo: Christian Falck WolffChristian Falck Wolff giving a short speech after receiving his first prize of the day, the news picture of the year 2023. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset
12 year-old Nayda Espinoza and her cousin Elisa Yamileth are posing for a selfie made by Nayda’s older brother. On Elisa Yamileth’s 15 years’ birthday, she is being escorted in a horse wagon to a traditional ceremony in the local church in the south of Kentucky. Even though, Elisa has never been in her parent’s home country Guatamala, she still wants the traditional ceremony that marks her transition from girl to woman. The picture is the opening image of Betina Garcia’s “Rancheros”, for which she won Long Term Project of the Year. Betina Garcia started her “Rancheros” project in 2015 as a DMJX student doing her exchange study at Western Kentucky University. She has visited the Espinoza family several times in the past years. Photo: Betina N. GarciaBetina Garcia on stage after receiving her prize. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset
Video Documentary Second prize: Thea Tønnesvang and Sigrid Ellesøe
Thea Tønnesvang og Sigrid Ellesøe won second prize for their short video documentary “Push Start” about the twins Karl and Thomas from the remote island of Fur in Denmark. The two brothers have just becomer teenagers and are eager to get a license and to buy and drive their own scooters. Thea Tønnesvang and Sigrid Ellesøe’s video documentary was made during their third term at DMJX in the fall 2023. Photo from the movie: Thea Tønnesvang and Sigrid EllesøeSigrid Ellesøe and Thea Tønnesvang with their prize diploma at the Picture of the Year exhibition. Private image.
First picture of Emilie Toldam Futtrup’s series “Objectos”. The series shows different items that Mexican women carry in their bags to protect them in case of attacks by men. Emilie Toldam Futtrup’s series is part of her fourth term project made at DMJX in the spring 2023. Photo: Emilie Toldam FuttrupEmilie Toldam Futtrup in front of her prize winning series at the opening of the Picture of the Year exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Portrait of Lasse Dein, who has a humoristic Instagram account where he adresses subject matters like psychological vulnerability and finding yourself. He has also made a podcast series about masculinity. Benjamin Voldum Krog made his portrait for Politiken where he is currently doing his internship. Photo: Benjamin Voldum KrogBenjamin Voldum Krog in front of his prize winning portrait at the Picture of the Year exhibition. Private image
The Danish Picture of the Year is organized by Pressefotografforbundet (The Danish Press Photographers’ Association) and the exhibition can be seen at The Royal Library from March 1 till August 15, 2024.
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