Resilience – New Photo 1 Magazine out

Thursday, June 13 at the final screening day of the spring 2024 term, the international Photo 1 students presented and officially launched their magazine Resilience. With the magazine, the students present their final stories that conclude their Photo 1 study at DMJX.

From left Aseem Banstola, Yu-Jin Albrecht, Marie Ruwet, Walaa Yassien, teacher Søren Pagter, Florine Schmid, Ana Fernanda Torres Olvera and Julija Stankevičiūtė.
Photo: Toukir Ahmed Tanvee
The cover of the Photo 1 magazine Resilience. Click to read.

The seven Photo 1 students have worked on their stories and created the magazine during a six-week workshop, where they have had the possibility to work in the field for around three weeks. The other three weeks have been spent at DMJX preparing for and finishing the stories.

The students behind the magazine are:
Ana Fernanda Torres Olvera, Mexico
Yu-Jin Albrecht, Belgium
Aseem Banstola, Nepal
Florine Schmid, Schwitzerland
Marie Ruwet, Belgium
Julija Stankevičiūtė, Lithuania
Walaa Yassien, Sudan

The teachers at the workshop were:
Gitte Luk, written journalism
Lars Bai, layout
Søren Pagter, photojournalism


From left Lars Bai, Søren Pagter, Aseem Banstola, Julija Stankevičiūtė, Ana Fernanda Torres Olvera, Marie Ruwet and Yu-Jin Albrecht discussing the first layout during the editing of the magazine. Photo: Gitte Luk
During the discussion of Yu-Jin Albrecht’s layout. Photo: Gitte Luk
Marie Ruwet and Florine Schmid hanging their story for the exhibition in the front hall of DMJX. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
After the students’ presentation of the magazine in the auditorium, they hung the spreads on the walls in the front hall at DMJX. Here, the magazine will be on display until mid September 2024. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Aseem Banstola, Walaa Yassien, Florine Schmid and Marie Ruwet hanging the magazine spreads. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Yu-Jin Albrecht presenting her final magazine project to the other DMJX photojournalism students during the final screening day, June 13, 2024. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
In the afternoon on June 13, the Resilience magazine was officially launched with a small reception for all photojournalists and international journalism students. In the picture it’s Walaa Yassien and Ana Fernanda Torres Olvera celebrating the magazine with a hug.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Marie Ruwet (left) showing the magazine to some of the international journalism students at DMJX. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX