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Saturday, December 7, Photo 1 student Hassan Kamil arranged a one-day group exhibition and discussion at Cafe Mellemfolk to shed light on the current war in his home country Sudan. »

Friday, December 6, ten third term students attended a talk by Johannes Skov Andersen from Politiken at Constructive Institute in Aarhus. »

Søren Pagter has participated in the Foto Festival Manzana 1 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he conducted a four-days workshop, gave port folio reviews and held a talk about photojournalism at DMJX. The Foto Festival Manzana 1 was held for the second time in the center of Santa Cruz, Bolivia »

Hassan Kamil has won first prize in the Photo Story Category at East African photography Award with his project “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”. Kamil’s collection of photographs are a personal story of the consequences of civil unrest through his depiction of a new life away »

Wednesday, November 13, Robert Nickelsberg visited DMJX and gave a lecture based on his recent book Legacy of Lies. Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly thirty years, specializing in political and cultural change in developing countries. In his talk at DMJX, he showed images and talked about »

Friday, November 8, the Photo 1 class launched their magazine As Far / As Close with an exhibition and magazine reception at DMJX. The magazine As Far / As Close is made by nine international photojournalism students during a six weeks workshop at DMJX. During the first week, the students »

DMJX students win nine prizes at the still picture categories of the 79th College Photographer of the year – and as winner of the main Portfolio Category, Sahl Abdelrahman is College Photographer of the Year 2024. PortfolioGoldSahl Abdelrahman Sahl Abdelrahman is selected for our Photo 1 and 2 programmes as »

Cecilie Rolvung and Miles Lilley have won Gold in the Multimedia Short Documentary category at the 79th College Photographer of the Year. Sigrid Ellesøe and Thea Tønnesvang have won Award of Excellence in the same category. Rhiannon Johnston, who is currently an exchange student at Photo 1 DMJX, has won »

Khashayar Javanmardi (KJ) has launched his book “Caspian: A Southern Reflection”, that explores the environmental damages affecting the Caspian Sea of Iran. KJ started the project during his study at DMJX in 2019 and 2020. Loose Joints Publishing writes about the book: The Caspian Sea is bounded by Iran on »

Archibald McGill has been announced finalist in two categories for the Australian Photography Awards 2024. Archibald McGill studied at our Photo 2 programme in the spring 2024. For his final Diploma Project, he went to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia to document the anti-government protests in April/May, 2024 His project »

This week, Mikkel Hørlyck will exhibit in the containers of Copenhagen Photo Festival at Refshaleøen. The exhibition, “Human Destinies on the Edge”, is open October, 15 and 16 between 15:00 – 18:00 and again October, 20 from 12:00 to 16:00. Mikkel Hørlyck graduated from DMJX in 2021 with the story »

Friday, September 27, twenty DMJX students and teachers went on a field trip to Copenhagen to participate in lectures and see the World Press Photo exhibition. »

Thea Tønnesvang, Maria Høy Hansen and Nichlas Pollier have been part of a four-day workshop as part of the Canon Student Development Programme. The Canon Student Development Programme runs every year and students from Europe and Africa can apply with their portfolio. The programme consists of three levels:– First level »

In connection with his current exhibition Turmoil of Midst at Fotografisk Center, Mohammad Jaafer has been interviewed for the Danish magazine Global Nyt (Global News). »

Sahl Abdelrahman holds his first solo exhibition at The American University in Cairo from September 12 to October 17, 2024. Sahl exhibits his long term project “Child Power” that he started during the DMJX educational programme in 2021/2022. He has been selected for a scholarship study at our Photo 1 »

Mohammad Jaafer and Mikkel Hørlyck are right now showing the exhibition Turmoil of Midst at the Breaking Platform at Fotografisk Center in Copenhagen. The exhibition opened Thursday, September 12 and will run till December 15, 2024. The exhibition is curated by Allette Ngo Sørensen and Katrine Christensen.Søren Pagter has edited »

We’re happy to present the Danish first term students and the international Photo 1 students, who have started their study at DMJX this autumn 2024. »

As part of the Aarhus Festival Week, DMJX Photo 1 students opened the exhibition Aarhus Portraits, Friday September 6, 2024 at the public library, Dokk1. All portraits were photographed in the streets of Aarhus the day before. The exhibition is open till Thursday, September 12. »

As is has become a tradition, all DMJX photojournalism students gather at the start of the term for welcome lectures. This autumn 2024 term, former DMJX-students Lasse Bak Mejlvang and Betina Garcia came back to the school to give talks. »

Florine Schmid og Marie Ruwet were announced the winners of the ECCA-DMJX Photojournalism Award at the award ceremony at DMJX Friday, August 30, 2024. With the main prize comes 100,000 Danish Kroner to fulfill their award winning project. The three runner-ups each receive 30,000 Danish Kroner for their projects. “The »