During the past week, DMJX alumnus and World Press Photo winner Mohamed Mahdy has been back in Aarhus to present his book Here, the Doors Don’t Know Me and to give a talk to the current DMJX students.
Thursday, February 12, Mohamed Mahdy visited DMJX and gave a talk to the international Photo 1 students and the Danish second term students. Photo: Mads Greve/DMJXMohamed Mahdy showed and talked ablut three projects during his three hours’ of teaching: Here, The Doors Don’t Know Me, Moondust and his upcoming project that will be exhibited at Galleri Image in the beginning of May this year.Photo: Mads Greve/DMJX
Cover of Mohamed Mahdy’s book Here, the Doors Don’t Know Me published by Editorial RM. Photo: Hanna Hrynkevich/Galleri Image
On Friday, February 13, Galleri Image organized a book launch of Mohamed Mahdy’s book Here, The Doors Don’t Know Me together with a discussion about working on a collaborative book project. Part of the book was made during Mahdy’s study at DMJX, and Søren Pagter has been a supervisor in the editorial process of making the book. Mahdy received one the ECCA-DMJX awards in 2024 to support his work with an interactive website with the stories from the book.
Mohamed Mahdy, Farida Yousef and Søren Pagter at the panel discussion at Galleri Image Friday, February 13. Photo: Hanna Hrynkevich/Galleri ImageAfter the panel debate moderated by curator Farida Yousef, the audience has the possibility to ask questions. Photo: Hanna Hrynkevich/Galleri ImageAt the end of the debate, Mohamed Mahdy explained a little bit about his upcoming exhibition at Galleri Image. The exhibition will open May 8, 2026 and is curated by Farida Yousef (middle). Photo: Hanna Hrynkevich/Galleri Image
Mohamed Mahdy signing his book for one of the guests during the book launch at Galleri Image.Photo: Hanna Hrynkevich/Galleri Image
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