Welcome lecture by Åsa Sjöström

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Swedish photographer Åsa Sjöström gave the welcome lecture of the fall 2025 term to 49 photojournalism students at DMJX on Wednesday, August 27.

Swedish photographer Åsa Sjöström spoke about her career and practise during her welcome lecture for the photojournalism students of the fall 2025. Among other things, she showed pictures from her book Silent Land (image) that is a portrait of life in Moldova.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Danish students from first, third and seventh term plus international students from Photo 1 and 2 gathered for the afternoon talk with Åsa Sjöström. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Åsa Sjöström with her book I am a Child with portraits of children from families of domestic violence. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
As part of her lecture, Åsa Sjöström also showed the students examples of a couple of her documentary films. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Before and after the welcome lecture, the students had time to meet and get to knos each other each other across the different classes. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX