Roger Anis gave a lecture about "Beyond the Arab Spring"

Roger Anis, Photo2 student from Egypt, gave today a lecture about his participation in the World Press Photo workshop “Beyond the Arab Spring”. Roger Anis at the lecture today – showing pictures from his story about the collapse of the tourist industry in Egypt. Picture by Fabian Fiechter. Roger showed »

Giulia Mangione won first prize at Fotoleggendo Festival

Sunday, Giulia Mangione won first prize with her project “Danesland” at Fotoleggendo Festival in Rome. Picture from the project “Danesland” by Giulia Mangione.   Picture from the project “Danesland” by Giulia Mangione. Fotoleggendo is a photography competition where the winner is selected based on portfolio reviews. Giulia Mangione did the project »

DMJX is (not) at the Copenhagen Photo Festival

The sixth Copenhagen Photo Festival opens tomorrow with an amazing selection of exhibitions, talks and events. The DMJX Photojournalism Education will not be officially present with ONE exhibition of students’ work. Nevertheless, DMJX Photojournalism will be at the festival in many other ways: Picture from the “Black Nest” project by »

Ken Light at DMJX

This week Ken Light, photographer and professor at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, has visited DMJX. During his visit Ken Light gave two lectures – one in the auditorium for all interested students and one exclusive lecture for our final year students. Ken Light (to the right) together with our »

Gregers Tycho’s BA project released as a book

Gregers Tycho‘s BA project “Never Learned to Dance” has been released as a book by the same name. Cover of the book “Never Learned to Dance” by Gergers Tycho. The project is a selection of stories about the people living at Lindegårdshusene – a housing facility in Roskilde for around »

Kasper Løftgaard in Emerging Magazine

A selection of Kasper Løftgaard‘s project “Home, Once” is in PDN’s Emerging Magazine. You can find the pictures at page 20-22. Portrait of Kasper’s mother from the project “Home, Once”. Kasper did the the story as his Visual Project during his 8th semester this spring. This week, Kasper handed in »

Deadline pictures

Our final-year students had to meet their deadline for their final projects this morning. So it was a group of tired, but happy students I met when I came to work. Barbara “the Cocoon” Leolini. Picture by Fabian Fiechter. Kasper Løftgaard. Picture by Fabian Fiechter. Barbara Leolini, Fabian Fiechter and Claudia Gori. »

Michael Drost-Hansen’s Rohingya story in Jyllands-Posten

During his Visual Project earlier this year, Michael Drost-Hansen went to Burma to make a story about the muslim Rohingya people, who’re living in refugee camps after the Burmese have burned down their villages, neighboorhoods and houses. The spread from Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten with Michael Drost-Hansen’s Rohingya story. Michael’s story was published yesterday »

Sisse Stroyer’s "Sexting" project in Hamburg

Back in 2010 Sisse Stroyer made the project “Sexting” as her Visual Project during her 8th semester at DMJX. The project is a collection of intimate and sexual mms-messages sent from one person to another. A mobile picture from the “Sexting” project. Idea and collection by Sisse Stroyer. The “Sexting” project was »

Felix von der Osten has won BJP Breakthrough Award

Today, Felix von der Osten won the British Journal of Photography Breakthrough Award with his story “The Buffalo that could not Dream”.  Portrait by Felix von der Osten from his project “The Buffalo that could not Dream”.  Felix won in the undergraduate category with his final diploma project, which he made at »

Ditte Lysgaard Holm has won three prizes at Western Kentucky Film Festival

Ditte Lysgaard Holm‘s short film “Celebration” has won three prizes at Western Kentucky Film Festival: Best Short Narrative, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice. Ditte Lysggard Holm finished her exchange study at Western Kentucky University (WKU) in December 2014 – at the university she focussed on web-documentaries. »

Dennis Lehmann has won the Kravling Award

Dennis Lehmann was announced as the winner of the Kravling Award at the award ceremony saturday night at Nørrebro Teater. Picture from Dennis Lehmann’s BA project “Upernavik og andre fortællinger”. Dennis Lehmann won in the photo/TV category for his BA project Upernavik og andre fortællinger. This year four of out five nominated »

Petra Theibel and Mathias Svold selected for PDN Photo Annual

The web documentary “Congratulations, it’s a…” by Petra Theibel and Mathias Svold has been selected for PDN photo Annual 2015. Screendump from the web documentary “Congratulations, it’s a…” by Petra Theibel and Mathias Svold. Click the image to watch the original site with the video, pictures and text. Only 11 »

Brittany Greeson has won three prizes for her final photo story

Brittany Greeson graduated our Photo1 programme in the autumn 2014 with a strong story about Kenth Ebbesen, a handicapped man who lives at the institution Sølund near Skanderborg. Picture of Kenth Ebbesen from the photo story about his life at Sølund. By Brittany Greeson. Brittany’s story and pictures about Kenth »

Mathias Christensen in N.Y. Times

A selection of pictures from Mathias Christensen‘s “Black Nest” project was published in New York Times on the 6th of May. Page two in New York Times from yesterday, the 6th of May. Mathias Christensen made his “Black Nest” project while doing his internship at Politiken and during his 7th »

Magazine launch this Friday

Our Danish second term students finished their magazine workshop last week and now their magazine called “Nordegn” is ready to launch. The students will launch their magazine at a reception at DMJX this Friday the 8th of May at 1pm. Cover of the magazine “Nordegn”. Click here to read. “Nordegn” »

Simon Fals has received Danida grant

Ten projects have been selected by the Danish aid organization Danida to receive their Verdensbilledlegat (World Picture Grant). Final-year student Simon Fals is among the receivers of the grant. Together with his journalistic colleague, Eigil Johannisson, they’ve received the grant to do a story about the Lake Victoria in Uganda – »

Ditte Lysgaard Holm has won Hearst Journalism Award

Ditte Lysgaard Holm finished her exchange study at Western Kentucky University (WKU) in December 2014 – at the university she focussed on web-documentaries. Together with a group of her fellow students from WKU, Ditte has just received the Hearst Journalism Multimedia Team Award for their final project Beyond Breath. Before »

Camilla Rønde’s BA in Ud & Se Magazine

A part of Camilla Rønde‘s BA project “Jeg giver dig mit liv” about Danish football supporters is published in this month’s edition of the Ud & Se magazine. The opening spread of Camilla Rønde’s story in Ud og Se. The story’s got the title “Fodboldfan” in Ud & Se and »

Mathias Christensen in exclusive company

Mathias Christensen‘s project “Black Nest” has been selected for the 270 pages MONO book published by Gomma Books, London.  Picture from the “Black Nest” project by Mathias Christensen. Mathias is among the seven winners who will have their work published in the second edition of the MONO book. The MONO »