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 »
Maria Feck’s story After surviving Lybia, Adrift in Europe is published on Newsweek.com. Zakaria uses the staircase in the St. Pauli Church to pray. Picture by Maria Feck. Maria’s story is about 80 men who escaped Libya and found shelter in St. Pauli Church in Hamburg. Maria Feck graduated our »
As I wrote yesterday, more than one third of the nominated photographers for the Danish POY are students from DMJX. Today, the journalism magazine Journalisten writes about this amazing record in their online edition. Also our official DMJX website writes about this extremely high number of nominated students. »
Mario Wezel, international student from Germany, is presented in the French magazine 6mois. Each week the magazine selects one picture and write about how the photographer made the picture. In this case it’s a picture from Mario’s final diploma project, One in eight hundred, about Emmy, who suffers from Down’s »
During the past two day the jury at the Danish POY have worked their way through 2859 pictures and 48 tv and multimedia stories. And tonight the jury announced the names of the 32 photographers, who’re nominated for the Danish POY 2013/4. 12 or more than one third of the »
During the Christmas break, we’ve updated our website by including all the web-documentaries made over the past years at DMJX. You can get access to the 69 stories by clicking on the image below. Most of the web-documentaries have been made during workshops with Poul Madsen and Henrik Kastenskov from »
Lasse Bak Mejlvang exhibits his project from the 7th semester, Varanasi’s Backyard, at Månefiskeren at Christiania throughout January. The exhibition wil open Sunday January 5 at 17. Varanasi is a holy city for the hindus of India but just about a third of the city’s population are muslim. Mejlvang explored »
Arko Datto’s project Crossings: Promenades in the Arabian dessert was featured in GUP magazine just before Christmas. In the project Arko uses Google screenshots to take the viewer on an aerial walk through the Arabian dessert. Arko made the project during a workshop with Kent Klich on our International Photo »
Today is the final day of the fall semester 2013. Around 50 students spend the day watching each others projects made during their final workshops this year. Emine Akbaba, photo1 student from Germany, showing her project about Armenians in Turkey. During the long day in the auditorium we’re watching: – »
Cecile Baudier has won a first prize and an honorable mention in the People category at National Geographic 2013 Photo Contest. The identical twin brothers, Nils and Emil (15 years old) from Fyn, Denmark. The portrait is part of a series of pictures, portraying people who have a strong connection »
Søren Pagter has been selected as nominator for the World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass. Each year, the World Press Photo selects 12 young, promising photographers for their prestigious masterclass. To be able to select among talented photographers from all over the world, the World Press Photo has restructured their »
Today Sofia Busk was on the talkshow Lounge on Lorry talking about her project Black Birds, which won a gold medal at CPOY earlier this month. See the show here. »
Nora Klein exhibits her final diploma project Where Are All The Colours Gone in Berlin next week. Picture from the project Where Are All The Colours Gone by Nora Klein. The project is about depression and will be exhibited at the biggest convention of the German Association of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy »
Mario Wezel has his story Living With Down Syndrome published on CNN World online. Mario Wezel made the story as his final diploma project at DMJX this spring. »
Our Danish second term students have just finished their magazine workshop and after some long hours working on the stories and the layout, they can launch their magazine today. The magazine consists of stories from the island Fur in Limfjorden in the north of Denmark. The second term students eating »
