Open House at DMJX

Tonight, we held the annual “Open House” at DMJX in Aarhus. Around 600 guests visited the school to get information about the different Danish BA programmes and to meet with students and teachers.  Third term students Sarah, Stine and Emil ready to meet the guests. Picture by Mads Greve. Stine promoting »

Emanuele Camerini’s Visual Project ready as a book

Emanuele Camerini’s Visual Project, “Notes for a Silent Man” was launched as a book this Thursday. The cover of Emanuele Camerini’s recent book “Notes for a Silent Man”. Emanuele’s project is a tribute to his father and was origianally made during Photo2 in the fall 2014. Now, the independant Italian »

Two DMJX-projects awarded at Perugia Social Photo Fest

The Italian photo festival, Perugia Social Photo Fest, has announced the awarded projects for this year’s festival – And both Katharina Bauer and Claudia Gori have received honorable mentions. Portrait of the woman Susanne from Katharina Bauer’s story about her. Katharina Bauer’s project “In the Cocoon” has been awarded in the »

Nanna Navntoft’s first year project in Information

Nanna Navntoft finished her second term this January with an exam project about parents, who have kids with autism. The Danish daily Information has bought and published Nanna’s story – both the pictures and article are published over three pages in today’s newspaper. The first spread of Nanna Navntoft’s story »

Students visiting PixlArt

This Saturday Søren Pagter held the opening speech at the exhibition “Transit” at gallery PixlArt in Øservrå, in the north of Denmark. “Transit” focusses on the current refugee challenges in Europe and in the exhibition you can see stories made by Sofie Amalie Klougart, Sigrid Nygaard, Jacob Ehrbahn, Magnus Wennman, »

Interview with Søren Pagter in PixlArt Magazine 03

PixlArt Magazine 03 covers the exhibition “Transit”, which is going to be opened on Saturday the 13th at PixlArt in ØsterVrå, Denmark.  The “Transit” exhibition is a selection of stories about the current refugee situation – covered by nine different photographers. The front cover of PixlArt Magazine 03. Click to »

What’s hiding in the basement?

Deep down in the basement in the north end of the school there’s a secret photo exhibition hanging. And it’s been there for almost ten years now. Mette Mørk showing her re-found BA project to the picture editors Michael Bager, Fyens Stiftstidende (left), Mads Hansen, Vejle Amts Folkeblad and Fredericia »

Welcome to all students with Johan Bävman

Yesterday evening, we welcomed all photojournalist students with an inspiring and honest lecture by the Swedish freelance photograoher Johan Bävman. Johan Bävman talking with the students after his lecture at DMJX yesterday evening. Picture by Søren Pagter. Johan Bävman mainly showed and talked about his two projects: “Albino” and “Sweidsh »

DMJX photojournalism on Instagram and Facebook

Join us on Instagram and Facebook. The Facebook page will show news and photos from the photojurnalism faculty and on Instagram students will share work and projects.  Right now Cathrine Ertmann shows the project The Land Beyond, which is exhibited at the Utzon Center in Aalborg, and from tomorrow you »

Sobol at DMJX

This week our Photo2 and Danish 8th term students are having a workshop with Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol. A few snapshots from the first day of class: Picture by Kasper Palsnov.   Picture by Kasper Palsnov. As a part of his visit at DMJX, Jacob Aue Sobol gave a »

Tor Birk Trads wins the Scanpix Prize

Today, at the graduation ceremony Tor Birk Trads was awarded the Scanpix Prize for best Danish photojournalistic BA-project. The front cover picture of Tor Birk Trads’ prize winning project. Tor Birk Trads won with his project called “Det, der er nærmest, er det, vi ikke ser” (What’s closest, we do »

Cathrine Ertmann exhibits her Visual Project

As her Visual Project during 8th semester in the spring 2013 Cathrine Ertmann did the project “Landet Udenfor” (the Country Outside). “Landet Udenfor” a camera obscura project by Cathrine Ertmann. Cathrine Ertmann visited abandoned houses and made the rooms into camera obscuras. Then she digitally photographed the inside of the »

First day of school: Kent Klich is back again

The school is again buzzing of life and active students, since today was the first day of the spring term 2016. Our Danish second term students, all international students and our Danish 8th term students started school today. Next week the other classes will join them. Day one: Kent Klich debating »

Promotion video with Ida Guldbæk

DMJX has produced nine different videos (in Danish) promoting each of the educations, we run at the school. The videos are launched on the social medias as teasers for the annual “Open School” events, which are held in February. Screenshot from the video with Ida Guldbæk Arentsen. Click the image »

Busk and Fogh in Politiken

Last week Sofia Busk and Jonas Fogh went to their final exam and graduated their BA in Photojournalism with the story “De Åbne Hjerters Land”. Sofia Busk and Jonas Fogh’s project on the front page of Politiken’s PS section.  This Sunday the daily Politiken has published part of the project »

Liliendahl in Weekedavisen

Weekendavisen this week runs parts of Christian Liliendahl’s 7th semester project about a young Danish-Vietnamese girl and her focus on getting good grades and being very disiplined in school. Christian shot the photos and Kristian Lauritzen is writing. »

Benedikt Ziegler in "Gigtforeningens" magazine

Back in the spring 2014 Benedikt Ziegler made a story about the two siblings Sarah and Bjarke, who both suffer from juvenile arthritis – a rare and painful disease, which the photographer himself also has. The Danish organization for people, who suffer from arthritis; “Gigtforeningen” has bought the story and »

Tobias Nicolai Larsen in Atlas Magazine

Toboas Nicolai Larsen’s story “Krigens Orange Arv” is published in Atlas Magazine. Nguyen Minh Anh is one the many Vietnamese kids, who suffers from the heritage of Agent Orange. Picture by Tobias Nicolai Larsen. “Krigens Orange Arv” is the story about how the American’s use of Agent Orange during the »

New web documentaries online

Before Christmas our Danish third term students finished their web documentaries. Now the four stories are available online on this site: “Retrun to Infancy” made by Louise Koustrup and Kenneth Koustrup. Click to watch. “Veteran forever and a day” made by Ida Arentsen and Peter-Emil Witt. Click to watch. “The »

Re-design of our website

We’re happy to present the new edition of our website designed by former photojournalist student Sofus Comer. From before Christmas we have worked to re-design our website in order to give it a more light and up to date look. For instance, we have changed the fonts and the logo. »