DMJX photojournalism

Two of our ECCA scholarship students have been recognized for their magazine stories made at DMJX photojournalism in the spring 2025.

Congratulations to Rahadh Sarker for being selected as runner-up in The 2026 Alexia Conservation Student Grant and to Zhang Zifan for being shortlisted in the student category at the 2026 World Report Award documenting humanity.

A huge thank you to the ECCA Family Foundation for the continuous support to and trust in our students.

Read more at
https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/05/28/abul-hayat-rahadh-runner-up-in-the-alexia-conversation-student-grant/

https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/05/28/zifan-zhang-shortlisted-for-2026-world-report-award/

Photos: Abul Hayat Rahadh and Zifan Zhang

Our DMJX graduate Mohamed Mahdy is back in Aarhus to exhibit his 455 Days project at GGalleri Image
https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/05/27/mohamed-mahdy-back-in-aarhus-to-exhibit-personal-project/

A huge congratulation to our students Hussein Ali Kazem and Emil Mogensen for having their video documentary A Way Out selected among 4.092 submissions for OFF - Odense International Film Festival.

Read more at
https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/05/21/hussein-ali-kazem-emil-mogensens-video-documentary-selected-for-off/

DMJX faculty teacher Mads Greve is conducting the first of a series of four DMJX photojournalism workshops in Cairo this week.

12 Egyptian photographers have been selected for the programme and they will receive teaching and work on individual assignments during the workshops.

The educational programme is made in co-operation with Photopia Cairo and supported by the Embassy of Denmark in Cairo.

Read more at our webpage

https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/05/07/the-dmjx-educational-programme-in-cairo-has-begun/

Photo: Photopia

We are extremely proud to share that we, with the support of ECCA Family Foundation, can launch the third edition of the ECCA-DMJX Photojournalism Award.

The Award consists of a main prize of Danish Kroner 100,000 and three second prizes of Danish Kroner 30,000.

A huge thank you to ECCA Family Foundation for trusting in our students and DMJX photojournalism.

All students who have attended DMJX Photojournalism in the period from fall 2024 to spring 2026 can apply.

Deadline is June 18, 2026.

Read more at our website
https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/03/26/the-ecca-dmjx-photojournalism-award-calls-for-applications-again/

Photo caption:
Florine Schmid and Marie Ruwet making a selfie after having received the ECCA-DMJX Photojournalism Award in 2024.
Photo: Alex Rune Dahdorph/ECCA Family Foundation

Remember deadline for applying for the international DMJX photojournalism programme is April 1.

Follow this link to submit your application

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oLbCgbfpcE-ZmOtd_pQiZFdL7IEB85BDvRAxarjQt_JUNkxXN1Y3NEJRR0oxUDZZQlVZSlJVNVUwTi4u&fbclid=IwY2xjawQyVZZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlTlhQcXMwbGZGbkFvTmhUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt2TcPEpBd8N_-fYnteqxGPFcwXIYMAC9onr7lEsJgIMOBk99b4iuezIXIs-_aem_owzybpSwC8q2t0tQSsILYg

And read more about the programmes at our website

https://www.dmjx.dk/international/studies-english/photojournalism-1

https://www.dmjx.dk/international/studies-english/photojournalism-2

Join the experience of studying at DMJX photojournalism

It's time to apply for our international Photo 1 and 2 programmes.

Deadline April 1

Follow this link to submit your application
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oLbCgbfpcE-ZmOtd_pQiZFdL7IEB85BDvRAxarjQt_JUNkxXN1Y3NEJRR0oxUDZZQlVZSlJVNVUwTi4u

And read more about the programme at our website
https://www.dmjx.dk/international/studies-english/photojournalism-1

https://www.dmjx.dk/international/studies-english/photojournalism-2

We're proud that seven of our students won prizes at the Danish Picture of the Year this past Friday.

Huge congratulations to Vikki Søholm, Rebecca Krogh, Dicte Sønnichsen, Cecilie Rolvung, Lærke Berg-Pedersen, Nichlas Pollier and Nicolai West

And then a pleasant surprise occurred at the award ceremony: Ólafur Gestsson won long term project of the year with a project that he started as his BA-project in 2017 and has continued to work on for the past ten years.

Read more at
https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/03/10/dmjx-students-win-four-first-prizes-at-the-2025-danish-picture-of-the-year/

Photo of three of the winners, Vikki, Rebecca and Dicte: Søren Pagter/DMJX

From a total of 91 applications, we're thrilled to announce the 12 Egyptian photographers who will join our 2026 educational programme in Cairo.

A huge thank you to Photopia Cairo for the co-operation and to the Embassy of Denmark in Cairo for supporting the programme.

We're looking so much forward to being back to teach in Cairo.

https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2026/03/05/announcing-the-selectees-for-the-2026-dmjx-educational-programme-in-cairo

This wonderful bunch of students opened a documentary exhibition at DMJX - Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole Friday, February 27.

The 20 stories conclude Photojournalistic Method, which is the first course of the spring 2026 term. The final project of the course has been a short documentary assignment that is now on display at DMJX till the end of May.

Come by to watch and read their amazing stories
https://photo.dmjx.dk/.../documentary-exhibition-by.../

Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX