DMJX exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival 2024

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Thursday, June 6 the student exhibition Paradox will open as part of the Copenhagen Photo Festival 2024. Right now, the students involved are setting up their exhibition at Refshaleøen.

Monday morning, June 3, the 22 exhibition boards size 100 x 150 cm were delivered at the festival center at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. Photo: Shrouk Ghonim

12 photojournalism students from the Danish School of Media and
Journalism (DMJX) exhibit documentary stories that reflect the theme
paradox in Denmark and around the World.

Eight of the 12 students are in the 4th semester of their Danish BA-education, while four are international students exhibiting their final diploma projects.

The 12 students and the 11 stories are

AUGUST VINTHER THOMSEN – The Golden Cage
SARAH ARGE – Kenya’s Future is Female
ARCHIBALD MCGILL – Under the Thumb
NICOLINE KJEMS-KROGNOS – Trust in Humanity
CECILIE ROLVUNG – Early Adulthood
NICOLAI DYBDAL WEST – The Green Dilemma
KASPER SØHOLT – The Hidden Elite
SHROUK GHONIM & MOHAMMAD JAAFER – Will I see you?
MILES LILLEY – In the Water Lies a Stone They Call Urk
SEFA EYOL – Lonely and Beautiful
SIGNE LÆGSGAARD- The Water Occupation

The students have produced the stories during their study at DMJX in the spring 2024.

Click to see and join the event for the exhibition opening. Photo: Sarah Arge

The Copenhagen Photo Festival will open at 5pm on June 6 at the festival center, Refshaleøen in Copenhagen. The DMJX exhibition will open on the same day at 6pm. All exhibitions at the festival center will run till June 16.

Pictures from the process of making the exhibition:

The students building chairs of pallets as part of their exhibition. Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
The students organizing how they want to organize and hang the 11 different stories.
Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
The 11 exhibited stories will hang outside mounted on either iron cubes or iron legs.
Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
Signe Lægsgaard testing if the pallets are ready to meet the festival guests.
Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
Mounted exhibition prints waiting to be placed. Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
Miles Lilley and Mohammad Jaafer placing Miles’ story. Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
The students co-operating on mounting the boards to the iron legs. Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
Signe Lægsgaard and Miles Lilley mounting Cecilie Rolving’s story to the iron stands.
Photo: Shrouk Ghonim
The students have designed an exhibition magazine with excerpts from the exhibition.
Click to watch the magazine.

The exhibition print and the magazine have been supported by Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond, Sony, Goecker, All Graphic and København Film & Fotoskole.

DMJX is also represented at Copenhagen Photo Festival through Frederik Danielsen and Mathias Eis, who are among the five young talents selected from 90 applications for FUTURES Nordic Talents 2024. The five selected talents will exhibit at the festival center.