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 »
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’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 »
The third term students have made special designed t-shirts for the open house today. Mads Greve and Søren Pagter by Simon Skipper. The students signed the official t-shirts for themselves, Mads Greve and Søren Pagter. The open house at DMJX started at 5pm today and runs till 8pm. The guests »
In 2011, Jen Tse made a story about Mihaela Jordan, 31, who’ve grown up in the sewers in Bucharest, Romania. We’ve earlier written that Jen’s story has been published in Vice Magazine and in Die Welt Kompakt (printed eidtion). Now, the layout of Jen’s story from Die Welt Kompkat has »
Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine’s editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Mario Wezel’s story One in Eight Hundred. Emmy, five, was born with Down’s syndrome in Denmark. Picture by Mario Wezel. Mario Wezel has been shortlistet »
Arianna Sanesi, Italian student, graduated in summer 2013 with her project Dispersal – an investegative story following the tracks of a lonely wolf in the North Italian Woods. Picture by Arianna Sanesi. Arianna’s story can now be seen in the Latvian FK Magazine – both in English and Latvian. »
Last year Sophia Lydolph made her first year exam project about Thomas, who is obsessed with his food, weight and looks – And who suffers from anorexia. Today, the newspaper Information spent three pages to publish Sophia’s story. Sophia Lydolph is currently doing her third semester and will begin her »
Tor Birk Trads, who’s currently interning at Information, has been selected for the Sony World Photography Student Focus. Jens has ADHD. Picture by Tor Birk Trads. Each year the World Photography Organisation invites 230 photography schools from all over the world to participate in their Student Focus Competition. Each of »
The magazine Journalisten has interviewed Søren Pagter about the fact that eight percent of the pictures at World Press Photo was disqualified due to digital manipulation. The article is available online here. You can read an interview with Head of the WPP jury, Gary Knight at BJP online. »
Morten Germund has won an Award of Excellence in the category: Feature Picture Story at POYi. Morten Germund won with his story Love, Lost Love – a story about his grandfather who struggles with loneliness after becomming a widower after 60 years of marriage. Picture by Morten Germund With this »
Helle Arensbak graduated in the spring 2012 with her project “Sofasoverne” about the women living at the Institution Sundholm in Copenhagen. The women at Sundsholm used to live on the streets – but at the institution they’ve found a shelter for their drug and alcohol abuse. Else – one of »
Friday, former student Marie Hald and Søren Pagter debated this year’s World Press Photo winners on the national television station DR2. Screendump from DR2 Marie Hald won at WPP last year and graduated in the spring 2013. The ten minute debate can be seen online here – after approximently 49 »
Miss C-41 shortly after Mads Greve had switched off her main power. Picture by Mads Greve. Miss C-41 came to DMJX in the early spring of the year 2000. She was only a few years old and her metal was smooth and clean when we adopted her from the local »
It has been a fantastic week for Mario Wezel. First he was shortlistet as finalist for the Sony Wolrd Photography Award. Then he won another preis: Mario Wezel, Germany, is one of the five winners of the German Canon Prorfifoto Förderpreis for young talented photographers below 30 years of age. »
This week, the World Photography Organisation (WPO) launched the shortlist of winners of the Sony Photography Awards 2013. Three international students are nominated in the professional categories: Picture by Mario Wezel Mario Wezel, Germany, is a finalist in the People category with his story One in Eight Hundred. Mario made »
Today, all DMJX photojournalists from all semesters gathered for a mutual welcome starting the spring semester. For the gathering, photojournalist Emil Ryge gave a lecture showing his BA project “Lorteøen” from 2010 – a project he has continued working on since his graduation. He also showed new work made with »
Nora Klein has received a grant from the Sparkassenstiftung Erfurt to continue her project: “where are all the colours gone?” The project deals with depression and Nora Klein graduated from DMJX in the summer 2013 with this work. The grant is written out once a year and Nora Klein gets »
Lasse Mejlvang’s story Varanasi’s Backyard is published in Politiken’s Magazine. The story tells about the muslim minority in the Indian town Varanasi. The river Ganges has no religious meaning to the muslims. Nevertheless, they enjoy swimming in it. The hindus accept their use of the holy river. Lasse did the »
