Today, the World Press Photo announced the six photographers, who have been selected for the 6×6 Global Talent Program from Africa. Former DMJX-student Heba Khamis has been selected – partly based on her final project “Banned Beauty” about breast ironing in Cameroun. Heba Khamis made “Banned Beauty” as her final »
Gary Knight from VII Photo Agency visited DMJX for a couple of days this week. Gary Knight is one of the two directors of the VII Foundation and he visited our school to talk about and get inspiration for a coming VII Academy – a school for documentary photography run »
We’re are extremely happy and thankful to announce that the VII Foundation has decided to fund grants for two international students coming from the Majority World to study at DMJX in the spring 2019. The one grant will be named The Alexandra Boulat Grant in remembrance of the late, prize »
Inspiring lectures by two winners at World Press Photo 2018, an exclusive tour of the World Press Photo exhibition and a touching opening speech by a former DMJX-student. Thursday, 25 Danish and international DMJX-students went to Copenhagen for a full day of World Press Photo lectures at Politiken arranged by »
Mathias Svold on the Whanganui River in New Zealand. Last year, Mathias Svold won College Photographer of the Year, where the first prize included a three months internship at National Geographic. Mathias worked on a story of his own choice during his internship and went to the Whanganui River in »
Hashem Shakeri’s story about the climate change in the south of Iran is published in British Journal of Photography. Hashem made the story in the spring 2018 as his final project, while he was studying at our Photo I programme. Rige Mouri village, Helmand town, Sistan. The Saravani family have »
During four days a mixed group of Danish third term and international students work together covering the current Aarhus Festival week. The first editorial meetings, where the students plan their coverage of Aarhus Festival. Photo: Mathilde Bech. The 26 photojournalist students are divided into five editorial groups, which each have »
Seven DMJX photojournalist students are right now in Perpignan to participate in Canon Student Program at Visa pour l’Image. Evening screening at Visa Pour l’Image. Together with almost 200 students, selected from schools all over Europe, the DMJX-students participate in lectures, port folio reviews and present their work to one »
Giulia Mangione told about her project “Halfway Mountain” at the book release at Gallery Image, yesterday. Photo: Søren Pagter. Giulia Mangione released her book, Halfway Mountain, at a reception at Gallery Image in Aarhus, yesterday. At the reception the staff at Gallery Image welcomed the students and told about the »
Mads Nissen were back at DMJX yesterday to give the welcoming lecture for all our students. Photo: Søren Pagter. Monday, former DMJX student Mads Nissen were back in Aarhus to give the welcoming lecture to the around 50 photojournalist students, who’re studying with us this autumn. Around 50 students listened »
Malene Anthony’s BA project “Human+” is published over six pages in today’s Politiken. The story is also available online at politiken.dk. Front page of today’s PS section in Politiken, which include Malene Anthony’s BA project. “Human+” is a project telling about how advanced technology is used to create better versions »
More and more of our students’ final BA-project are being published – now we can add two more to the list: A picture from Charlotte de la Fuente’s final BA-project “A Chinese Game of Luck”, which was published in the German magazien Mare this summer. Photo: Charlotte de la Fuente. »
Patricia Kühfuss‘ story about the dying olive trees in Italy is published online in National Geographic. Picture from Patricia Kühfuss’ story “My Father is in These Trees”, which is published in National Geographic. Patricia made the original story “My Father is in These Trees” during our magazine workshop during Photo »
Aleksander Klug‘s first year project, “When the Antibiotics Fail” about the danger of multi resistent bacterias and the failure of antibiotics is published in the online magazine POV International. Aleksander made the story this May during his second term. Aleksander Klug has visited farmers, pig farms and laboratories in order »
This week the photo festval Les Remcontres de la Photographie has been held in the city of Arles, South of France. Søren Pagter was one of the official port folio reviewers at Recontres d’Arles, where he represented both DMJX and the Copenhagen Photo Festival. Søren Pagter gave ten port folio »
Tobias Nicolai‘s BA-project “Ulveland” is published over five spreads and a front page in today’s Politiken. The proejct is also available online at Politikens website. Tobias Nicolai graduated with his project this June. »
At the graduation ceremony today Ida Guldbæk Arentsen received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize for best Danish Photojournalistic BA-project. Ida Guldbæk Arentsen and head master Jens Otto Kjær Hansen at the graduation ceremony today. Photo: Aleksander Klug Ida Guldbæk Arentsen won with the story “The Women in the White Dresses” – »
Around 50 former and present DMJX students participated in the Lumix Festival this weekend and as it has become a tradition most of them met for the legendary group picture at the Expo Plaza. The two DMJX projects “That Which Still Stands” and “Take me as I am” were both »
This weekend, the 100 photographers selected for the 31st Eddie Adams Workshop were announced. Seven DMJX students are going to participate in the four days workshop this coming October. Charlotte de la Fuente – graduated Danish BA, spring 2016. Allison Hess – graduated Photo II, fall 2017. Liz Moughon – »
The sixth Lumix Festival starts today in Hannover and DMJX students and teachers are participating in the festival in various ways. Picture from the story “That Which Still Stands” by Anders Rye Skjoldjensen and Rune Aarestrup Pedersen. The story is among the 16 selected multimedia storiesat the Lumix Festival. Two »
