11 DMJX students were nominated for the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. The winners in the various categories were announced at the award ceremony at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen this Friday, March 7, 2025. The nominated DMJX students won four first prizes and five second prizes.
Winners
REPORTAGE, TV/ VIDEO Signe Bech Søholt and Frederik Kongsgaard, currently 4th term
Signe Bech Søholt and Frederik Kongsgaard on their way to the stage to receive the first prize in the TV/´Video Reportage category at the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetScreen shot from Signe Bech Søholt and Frederik Kongsgaard’s prize winning “Kids Our Age” Tilde and Silke met when they both started seventh grade at Ringkøbing School, and they quickly became inseparable. But how do you know if your new best friend truly is a best friend for life? And how do you take the best possible care of your friendships? “Kids Our Age” offers a glimpse into the fragile teenage years, where Tilde and Silke, with honesty and vulnerability, invite us into their friendship and remind us how friendships, even in a digital age, are based on presence and trust. The video documentary was made during a 3rd semester course with guest lecturer Heidi Skibsted
PORTRAIT, TV/ VIDEO Rebecca Krogh and Kasper Krupsdahl, currently 4th term
Rebecca Kogh and Kasper Krupsdahl on stage giving thanks for their first prize in the TV/Video Portrait categoryat the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. Photo: Lars Horn / BaghusetScreenshot from the prize winning “As Years Pass” made by Rebecca Kogh and Kasper Krupsdahl. Close to the Limfjord in Denmark lies Klitgården, which Henning bought 24 years ago. Here he unfolds his retirement life, which is filled with mechanics, woodturning, renovation and refurbishment of old cars. A lifelong boyhood dream is being lived out on 1,600 square meters. Henning has collected and built all his life. He is approaching 78 years old and has no intention of stopping the work.The video documentary was made during a 3rd semester course with guest lecturer Heidi Skibsted
NEWS PICTURE, ABROAD Signe Lægsgaard, currently interning at Politiken
Signe Lægsgaard on stage after having received first prize in News Picture, Abroad Category at the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset Image from Signe Lægsgaard’s prize winning series “After the Flood”. After the flood. Something that looks like an absurd theatre scene is taking place at the local music school in the town of Massanassa, just outside Valencia, Spain. A soiled grand piano is chopped into pieces with an axe and hammer so that soldiers in safety suits can carry it out into a container. The room, which was previously used for performances and concerts, is located in the basement, and was therefore converted into a brown aquarium when the water came. Now it must be emptied of inventory, mud and sludge. The series was made during Signe’s internship at Politiken and this picture was also nominated to be the Danish Press Photograph of the Year 2024. Photo: Signe Lægsgaard/DMJX/Politiken/Årets Pressefoto 2024
EVERYDAY PICTURE, DENMARK Martin Thomas Ford, currently 7th term
Picture editor at Information, Sigrid Nygaard (right) giving af hug and a diploma to Martin Thomas Ford, who won the Danish Everyday Day Picture Category at the 2024 Danish Picture of the Year. Photo: Lars Horn / Baghuset It gives strength to have to carry. Freja is in a warm bathtub in Lukashuset, a children’s and young people’s hospice in Denmark. A physiotherapist massages her arm while her older sister Nova plays next to her. As she lies there, she looks like all other three-year-olds, but Freja has a rare genetic defect, epilepsy and involuntary muscle cramps, and she needs help with most things – eating, drinking and lifting her head. Until February 2024, her family tried to manage things themselves. The photograph was made during his internship at Jyllands-Postenand was also nominated to be the Danish Press Photograph of the Year 2024. Photo: Martin Thomas Ford/DMJX/Jyllands-Posten/Årets Pressefoto 2024
Runner-ups
NEWS PICTURE, ABROAD Liv Latricia Habel, graduated January 2025
Liv Latricia Habel won second prize in the News Picture, Abroad Category with this image from the democratic presidential election in the unrecognized state of Somaliland. The image is part of Liv’s BA-project about Somaliland and the election made in the fall 2024. Photo: Liv Latricia Habel/DMJX/Årets Pressefoto 2024.
REPORTAGE, DENMARK Cecilie Rolvung, currently interning at Politiken
Cecilie Rolvung won first prize in the Danish Reportage Category for her story “When Youth and Parenthood Meets”. This image is the first in the series of eight photographs documenting the life of Mollie Gernot (19) and her boyfriend Jesper,, who have become parents at an early age. The series was made on a 4th term workshop with teacher Søren Pagter Photo: Cecilie Rolvung/DMJX/Politiken/Årets Pressefoto 2024.
PORTRAIT Nichlas Pollier, currently 7th term
Nichlas Pollier won second prize in the Portrait Category with this portrait of nine-year old Mohammed, who has lost his parents and two siblings in an Israeli missil attack in Gaza on December 7, 2023. The photograph was made during Nichlas’ internship at Politiken. Photo: Nichlas Pollier/DMJX/Politiken/Årets Pressefoto 2024.
PORTRAIT SERIES Maria Høy Hansen, graduated January 20
Maria Høy Hansen won second prize in the Portrait Series Category for the series “Raised in the System” that she made together with Sigrid Nygaard during Maria’s internship at Information. In the picture its is seven-year old Dilan, who is one of the 54 kids who have spent their entire life at an asylum center in Denmark. Photo: Maria Høy Hansen/DMJX/Dagbladet Information
OPEN CATEGORY, TV/VIDEO Miles Lilley, currently interning at Jyllands-Posten
Miles Lilley won second prize in the TV/Video Open Category for the project “How the Danes Kiss” that he made together with Joachim Ladefoged, Gregers Tycho and Casper Dalhoff at Jyllands-Posten, where Miles is interning. Video: Joachim Ladefoged, Gregers Tycho, Miles Lilley, Casper Dalhoff/Jyllands-Posten/Årets Pressefoto 2024
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