First day in the autumn term

The school is buzzing again, since today was the first day of the autumn term. Kent Klich teaching in our Photo2 and 8th term class. Photo by Søren Pagter. Both the Danish and international can look forward to an interesting autumn, where the different classes will have workshops with for »

DMJX at Crossover Web Documentary Festival

The 16 Danish students from second and third term pre-started their autumn term today when they met at the Crossover Web Documentary Festival in Vejle, Denmark. DMJX students at the opening reception at the first Crossover Web Documentray Festival. Photo: Søren Pagter. The students and their teachers Mads Greve and »

Kasper Palsnov’s Visual Project in BJP

Kasper Palsnov is presented in the column New Talent in The British Journal of Photography online. From the series “Salt” by Kasper Palsnov. BJP is showing Kasper’s Visual Project Salt, which he made during his final term this spring. Together with the presentation there’s an interview with Kasper where he »

Five DMJX-students selected for the Eddie Adams workshop

The Eddie Adams Workshop has just launched this year’s 100 participants. Among the selected photographers are five DMJX-students: Betina Garcia, Denmark Kristen Zeis, US Sarah Hoffman, US Alaa Elkamhawi, Egypt Fabian Fiechter, Germany It’s the 29th time the Eddie Adams Workshop inivites young and talented photographers to participate in a »

Kasper Palsnov’s BA-project in Magazine P

The Magazine P has published a part of Kasper Palsnov’s final BA-project about electrochok therapy. Spread from the Magazine P showing Kasper Palsnov’s work. Kasper Palsnov graduated this June. The pictures are on page 4-5 in The Magazine P, which is published by The Danish Psychologists’ Union. »

Interview with Magnus Fisker in Vice

During his study at DMJX Magnus Fisker has lived one and a half year in Gellerupparken in Brabrand – a so called ghetto. One of the largest in Denmark. Picture from Magnus Fisker’s reportage from Gellerupparken. Photo by Magnus Fisker. When Magnus was going to make his third term reportage »

"Country of the Open Hearts" in Quartz Magazine

Sofia Busk and Jonas Fogh‘s final BA project “Country of the Open Hearts” is right now published online in Quartz Magazine. “In ten years, Sweden won’t exist anymore—not if the refugees keep coming.Then Sweden will stop being Swedish”, says Kikki Toivola, 22, a single mother.Photo by Jonas Fogh and Sofia »

Charlotte de la Fuente awarded with the Scanpix Prize

Charlotte de la Fuente received the Scanpix Prize for best Danish photojournalistic BA-project at today’s demission ceremony. Søren Pagter handed out the Scanpis Prize to Charlotte de la Fuente. Photo by Vibeke Volder Charlotte won with her project “A Chinese Game of Luck” – stories from the gambling city Macao »

Two DMJX-students has won at competition by Kuben

Tor Birk Trads and Casper Holmenlund Christensen have won second and third prize at the competition “Life within the walls” announced by Kuben Management. Tor Birk Trads won second prize for his series “The Mild West” – a part of his final BA-project: Photo by Tor Birk Trads. Casper Holmenlund »

Tobias Nicolai’s Vietnam reportage in BJP

Tobias Nicolai Kvist Larsen‘s third term reportage about the legacy of the American chemical warfare in Vietnam is published online in the British Journal of Photography (BJP). Tobias is also interviewed about his story in the online article. 1-year old Ho Chan Dieu Hien gets a hug by Pham who »

DMJX at the Lumix Festival – part two

Around fifthy former and present DMJX-students participated in the fifth Lumix Festival this weekend in Hannover. Four DMJX-projects were, as earlier written on this blog, among the 80 projects selected for the festival. Here are some highlights from the Lumix festival 2016: Drone-group-pictures: With the assistance from the company Yuneec »

DMJX at the Lumix Festival – part one

These days the fifth Lumix festival is running at the Expo Plaza in Hannover – and DMJX and our students are very visual at the festival. DMJX-student Nanna Navntoft talking to a guest at the DMJX-stand at the Lumix Festival. Photo by Søren Pagter. Faculty teachers Mads Greve, Søren Pagter »

Nordic-Russian master class

Together with the Nordic Journalist Centre we’re planning a master class workshop to take place in the autumn 2016. Jon and Alex in an intimate moment. From the series: Homophobia in Russia. Winner of World Press Photo 2015. Photo: Mads Nissen/ Politiken/ Panos Pictures. World Press winner Mads Nissen and »

Exhibition in memory of Camille Lepage

DMJX is honoured to be able to show a photo exhibition in memory of the late photojournalist Camille Lepage. Camille Lepage’s pictures from the Central African Republic exhibited at the DMJX Library. Photo by Søren Pagter. Camille Lepage was a journalism student at our international Europe in the World programme »

Final screening and farewell day

This Friday was the official last day of the spring term at the photojournalism programmes at DMJX. Most of the photojournalism students gathered for a group picture on the final screening day. Photo by Michael Drost-Hansen. As it has become a tradition we spent the last day screening students’ projects »

New video documentaries online

Our third term students finished their Video Documentary workshop last Thursday and now their stories are ready online. You can watch: Crazy About Food by Sille Veilmark, Benjamin Nørskov and Nanna Navntoft. The Tulip Festival by Sarah Christine Nørgaard and Stine Tidsvilde. The five students start their internship after the »

Fabian Fiechter exhibits at Galerie für Fotografie Hannover

The 18th of May the exhibition called “Vom Aufhören und Weitmachen” was opened at GAF (Galerie für Fotografie Hannover). 20-year old Dastagear taking a shower at the Hospital of Sivananda. Photo by Fabian Fiechter. The exhibition is a farewell exhibition to Rolf Nobel, who has been the head of the »

DMJX students gathered for wedding

Normally, we do not write about private and “gossip” stuff at this website. But, when the story includes a Visual Project and a DMJX-students gathering, we make an exception to the rule. DMJX-students gathered in Egypt. Ever since Roger Anis began studying at DMJX in the fall 2014, he told »

Giulia Mangione’s "Danesland" at FotoLeggendo Festival

Giulia Mangione‘s project Danesland will be exhibited from the 10th till the 12th of June at Fotoleggendo 2016 in Rome. Photo by Giulia Mangione from the project “Danesland”. Giulia began her project back in the spring 2014 and she’s coming back to Denmark this summer to continue the project. Danesland »

Two DMJX-projects nominated for Il Reportage Award

The Italian magazine Il Reportage has launched the 25 projects, which are shortlisted for their Photojournalism Award. Among the nominated candidates are two final DMJX-projects: From the story “Echoes”. Photo by Barbara Leolini. Echoes by Barbara Leolini. Barbara made her project as her final Diploma project in the spring 2015. »