Double magazine release

This Friday at 13:00, we’re happy to launch two magazines made by our students during their magazine workshops. The magazines will be launched at a reception in the front aula at DMJX – here both our International students and our Danish second term students will exhibit their magazines. The two »

Mario Wezel wins at WPO

Last night, the Sony World Photography Awards were held at the London Hilton Park Lane. Mario Wezel won the People category with his Diploma project – One in Eight Hundred – about a little girl living with Down’s syndrome. A happy and well dressed Mario with his WPO prize. Picture »

Sailendra Kharel on photojournalism

Sailendra Kharel, international student who is currently studying at our Photo1 programme, has written an interesting artcile called Questioning, not answering about photojournalism in Nepal. In the article Sailendra makes some important points, which can be used all over the world – not only in Nepal. Picture by Sailendra Kharel »

Tor Birk Trads about his self portraits

Earlier this spring, Tor Birk Trads was selected as one out of ten students from more than 250 schools and universities to participate in the Student Focus competition arranged by the World Photography Organisation (WPO). Each of the ten selected students had to make a series of self portraits for »

One more student shortlistet at the RPS

Emanuele Camerini, international Photo1 student, is also shortlistet for the Royal Photographic Society’s International exhibtion. From the serie “The Island”. Mazid Mirza-Abdul, 58 years old. He is in Italy for 4 months. He would like to return as soon as possible in Bangladesh because he fails to overcome the many »

Kasper Palsnov shortlistet for RPS international

Earlier today, we wrote that Laetitia Vancon was shortlistet for the Royal Photographic Society’s International exhibtion. Now, we’ve found out that also Kasper Palsnov is shortlistet in the same competition – with the picture below. A Lithuanian girl visits The Dead Sea on The West Bank. – See more at: »

Laetitia Vancon shortlistet twice

Laetitiia Vancon, international student at Photo2, has been shortlistet for two different exhibitions. Self portrait by Laetitia Vancon. Firstly, she’s shortlistet for the World Photography’s Instagram competition. The World Photography organisation has selected 50 photographers from all over the world to show their approach to self-portraits. The 50 shortlistet instagrams »

Nora Klein exhibits in Cologne

Nora Klein exhibits her final diploma project from the spring 2013 – Where Are All The Colours Gone – in Cologne from the 23rd of April till the 17th of Mai. You can read about the exhibition here. Portrait from the project Where Are All The Colours Gone by Nora »

Lasse Mejlvang’s BA-project in Politiken

Pictures from Lasse Mejlvang‘s story A Place They Call Home are published in today’s edition of Politiken. The story tells about the 16-year old refigee Remzi, who has lived in Denmark for 12 years. Remzi escaped from Albania. Last year, he was sent out of Denmark and back to Kosova. »

Four projects nominated for the Kravling Award

Each year the different students’ organisations arrange a competetion called the Kravling – to celebrate prize worthy stories made by students of journalism. The Kravling prize is handed out in three categories: – Journalistic stories within news, narrative jounalism, in depth journalism or the like. – Visual journalistic stories where »

Æ’ Ø Magazine sold in 144 copies

In the autumn 2013 our Danish second term students went to the Island of Fur during their magazine workshop. The students produced the magazine Æ’ Ø (the Island) with stories about the local community at Fur. Now, half a year later the students have proudced and sold 144 extra copies »

New web-documentaries online

Last week, our international Photo1 students finished a web-documentary workshop conducted by Poul Madsen and Henrik Kastenskov from Bombay Flying Club. The ten students produced six stories, which are now online on this site and on vimeo. The ten students are: Giulia Maangione, Italy Manpreet Singh Romana, India Daria Klimasheva, »

Two students’ shows today

Today, two of our classes ended each of their workshops with a show at DMJX. Our ten international Photo1 students showed six web-documentaries made during a workshop with Henrik Kastenskov and Poul Madsen from Bombay Flying Club. Their stories will be online on this site soon. Reportage exhibition at DMJX. »

Six DMJX-projects at the Lumix Festival

Today, the Lumix Festival announced who will be exhibited at this year’s festival from the 18th till the 22nd of June in Hannover. Almost 1200 young photographers from 71 countries had submitted their work for the festival – The jury has chosen 60 picture stories and 21 mulitmedia stories to »

Eight students honored at POY-opening at ARoS today

The Danish Picture of the Year opened today at the arts museum ARoS in Aarhus. The Aarhus municipality had decided to honor the talented DMJX-students by handing out prizes to eight of the 12 nominated students. Last week, four out the 12 nominated DMJX-students won first prizes at the offical »

Kiên Hoàng Lê shortlistet for the Henri Nannen Award

Kiên Hoàng Lê graduated our Photo 2 programme in the summer 2013 with his Diploma project Veils and Hoods about the sisters and friars living together in an abbey in southern Germany. The story was published in Cicero magazine. Now, Kiên Hoàng Lê is shortlistet for the Henri Nannen Award »

Robert Nickelsberg lecture at DMJX

Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg visited DMJX today. Robert Nickelsberg has covered the conflicts in Afghanistan for 25 years since 1988. At his lecture Robert Nickelsberg showed pictures from his recent book: Afghanistan – a distant war and gave a thorough background info on the country. Picture by Søren Pagter. »

Four DMJX students win at Danish POY today

Today, the winners of the Danish Picture of the year 2013 were announced at the award ceremony in the National Library in Copenhagen. Twelve – or more than one third of the total number of nominated photographers at this years competition – were DMJX students. Four out of the twelve »

Joop Swart Masterclass nominees

Today, the nominees for the Joop Swart Masterclass, organized by the World Press Photo, were announced Among the nominated 142 young photographers 12 will be selected for the masterclass that will take place in Amsterdam in November. Among the nominees are Magnus Holm, currently at our 8. semester. But also »

Jasper Bastian finalist in Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award

Jasper Bastian’s story Across The River is among the 20 finalists of this year’s Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award. In his story Jasper Bastian portrays the people who live on each side of the Ibar River in the divided town of Mitrovica. You can read and see more about the »