© Galleri Nicolai Wallner, A Kassen, A Permanent Reflection (2013) Photo: Anders Sune Berg

A Kassen – Permanent Reflection
Galleri Nicolai Wallner

The solo exhibition with A Kassen at Galleri Nicolai Wallner, is a site specific installation, consisting of four photographs, …

HIPSTAGRAM FTW*
In connection to Copenhagen Photo Festival 2013 “HIPSTAGRAM FTW” will be launched – a competition and exhibition, consisting of photos taken by photographers using Smart Phone APP filters.

The use of Smart Phone filters in combination with Social …

© Hyun-Jin Kwak, The Island – A Case Study of a Collector´s Mind

Peter Lav Gallery  - www.plgallery.dk
Hyun-Jin Kwak “The Island – A Case Study of a Collectors Mind”

The discovery of an old house in the city of …

©Annika von Hausswolff: Where Everything Begins and Ends, 1999

Annika von Hausswolff – It All Ends with a New Beginning
This spring ARoS is presenting a grand photo exhibition with the Swedish artist Annika von Hausswolff. The exhibition entitled It …

© Maryam Jafri: Global Slum. Schools, Hospitals, Prisons

Maryam Jafri – Schools, Hospitals, Prisons

Schools, Hospitals, Prisons is a photo/text series presenting images of theme rooms for role-play in S/M dungeons. These rooms are reproductions of well-known institutions in society …

©Ulrik Heltoft: The Voynich Botanical Studies and The Origin of Specimen 52v

Andersen´s Contemporary presents Ulrik Heltoft´s exhibition The Voynich Botanical Studies and The Origin of Specimen 52v
20. April – 8. June 2013

The second solo exhibition with Ulrik …

© Calé

Galleri Image
Calé (BRA) – Come as You Are
April 12th – April 20th  2013 

The exhibition Come as You Are is the first soloexhibition in Scandinavia by the Brazilian photo-artist Calé.
Who are you? Are you a …

© Danish Architecture Center 

Great news for everyone using Instagram. In relation to the exhibition “Your Habour” at the Danish Architecture Center, a Instagram competition is taking place. The exhibition focus on the rapid development of Copenhagen´s inner habour …

Entry deadline for independent exhibitions is April 22nd. More info here

We are looking forward to the fourth edition of Copenhagen Photo Festival June 6th – 16th. The festival programme will be revealed online on June 1st. In the meantime visit our blog.

© Louisiana Channel 

Louisiana Channel trailer | Louisiana Channel

In November 2012 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art launched their online art and culture channel Louisiana Channel. The channel has a great variety of videos and among these are videos with …

© Tina Enghoff

Fotografisk Center
Tina Enghoff – Migrant Documents
April 13th – June 2nd 2013

Tina Enghoff´s exhibition at Fotografisk Center consists of four photo series, video, sound and a postcard installation, all documenting the circumstances and living conditions …

© Nicolai Howalt
Light Break – 5 x Solo
02.03.2013-31.03.2013

The solo project at Den Frie by Nicolai Howalt is about light. Based on the notion of the healing abilities of light therapy, developed by the doctor and Nobel prize winner …

Easter Holidays
23.03.2013-01.04.2013 

This Easter Fotografisk Center is arranging a photo collage workshop for children and their adults. The children will be able to challenge and work with their understanding of photography, through the creative play with collages.

Open everyday …

© Ville Lenkkeri

Fotografi-i-fokus is still going strong and has lots of great exhibitions to offer in Helsingborg, Malmø, Lund, Landskrona, Sjöbo and Tomelilla.
For more information about the exhibitions go here.

 …

© Morten Barker

Galleri Image – Landscape in Between - Morten Barker
01.03.2013-07.04.2013 

In the exhibition Landscape in Between by Morten Barker, the Danish military shootingareas can be viewed as balancing between the landscape of the Golden Age and a war …

Photo by Peter Voigt

Deadline Reminder

We are overwhelmed with the amount of submissions that we have received for The Censored Exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival 2013.

You can still be part of the festival. Deadline for submissions is Friday March …

© Signe Vad

KONTORprojects
“En gang var alle gale” by Signe Vad
Vernissage Friday 08.03.2013 from 5-8pm 

KONTORprojects will be showing the first part of what is to become Signe Vad´s trilogy, about “the last man.” The exhibition is part of …

© Suburban Life, 2013. Stig Brøgger

Galleri Susanne Ottesen – Stig Brøgger
Suburban Life – Photography as Painting
o1.03.2013-28.03.2013

Stig Brøgger´s photo series combine a range of photos of significant differences such as landscapes, toys, buildings, paintings, flowers, photos from …

© Daily Life, Jacob Ehrbahn

Press Photo of the Year 2012/2013

Last Friday the best press photographs and press photographers were awarded, in the Danish competition Press Photo of the Year. Lærke Posselt won in the category International Reportage, Jacob …

© Anne Lass

Anne Lass “Triple Seven” – Vernissage at Peter Lav Gallery
01.03.2013 at 5 pm.

With the exhibition Triple Seven, Lass present us with her examination of private gambling dens and casinos in Berlin, a phenomenon, which has …

© Lauren Greenfield

Fotografi i Fokus – South Sweden Photography Biennial
02.03.2013-31.03.2013

With more than 40 photo exhibitions and lots of talks and seminars, March is a month with photography in focus. The photo biennial just across the water (at least …

Photo: Nielsen, by Sofie Amalie Klougart

Afterlife – Museum of Contemporary Art. 
02.02.13 – 07.03.13

Afterlife – a collaboration between, photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart, film director Cæcilie Østerby Sørensen, the sound duo Graf, Nielsen and Das Beckwerk Museum. The exhibition is …

Photo: Torbjørn Rødland, installation view, Nils Stærk

Torbjørn Rødland - American Photography

Gallery Nils Stærk presents Norwegian born and LA-based photographer Torbjørn Rødland with the exhibition American Photography.
Consisting of 10 photographs the exhibition altogether evokes an interesting combination …

Photo: David LaChapelle, Death By Hamburger, 2001. Burning Beauty at Fotografiska

PhotoMarket – Fotografiska Museet

At the moment Stockholm Art Week has just begun and the city is loaded with great exhibitions and talks. One of the major highlights is …

Photo: Carina Zunino

Curtain Falls – Carina Zunino
With photographs of the Icelandic nature, artist Carina Zunino has created an installation where photography, sculpture and printmaking merge together. Each of the 11 photographs are parted in two as a stage …

Photo: Nelli Pakomäki, Breathing the Same Air, at Ordrupgaard

Nelli Palomäki – Breathing the Same Air

The young contemporary Finnish artist Nelli Palomäki, has her first solo-exhibition in Denmark. With her black and white portraits and consistent style, Palomäki has …

We are currently open for admissions for participation in the 2013 Copenhagen Photo Festival.
You can read more about the admission procedure here. Deadline is March 15th.

For inquiries, please contact

Project Manager
Trine Rindsig Laursen
trine@copenhagenphotofestival.com
+45 4244 2010…

Photo: Nicolai Howalt

Birds – trees and hunting scenes 19.01-03.03 2013

For the first time ever Kunsthal Nord is having an exhibition solely dedicated to contemporary photography. Artist Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt have created a shared project, consisting of …

Photo: Lea Porsager

Vernissage tonight at 5pm

Tonight Fotografisk Center presents Lea Porsagers exhibition How to Program and Use T-F, in which she combines sculptural objects and projections, while working with thoughts as physical phenomenons.

Fotografisk Center
Pasteursvej 14, 1.…

Photo: Nikolaj Moeller

Black Fanta II by Nikolaj Moeller together with Galleri Naboløs, is opening tomorrow at Tøjhusmuseet in Copenhagen.
Black Fanta II is the follower of Moeller´s earlier series Black Fanta, which debuted at Copenhagen Photo Festival in 2011. The series …

Photo: Mom and Me on Bed, Leigh Ledare, 2006

Tonight: opening of Leigh Ledare´s solo exhibition Leigh Ledare, et al. 

His work evolves around social dynamics and relationships. His work addresses controversial themes, through images of his closest; mother, ex-wife, …

Photo: Anna Strand

Opening this friday: Anna Strand´s Nagoya Notebook at Peter Lav Gallery.

Nagoya Notebook an exhibition of found photographs, staged photographs and photographic objects, all made during Strand´s stay in Japan in 2012.

Friday 11th, from 5-7pm
at …

Photo: Press Generator

Next week is the last chance to experience Thomas Skou´s exhibition The Long Way Home, at The Generator Gallery in Copenhagen.

Beautiful snapshots, let us become part of the travelers story and the experiences of wonders and …

Photo: Martin Bubandt

Now you can vote for Politiken´s best photo of the year.

Go to http://politiken.dk/kultur/aaretsbedste/ECE1851970/stem-hvad-er-aarets-politiken-foto/ and see all the great photographs.

Merry Christmas!

 …

Photo: Astrid Kruse Jensen

This fall Martin Asbæk Gallery showed Disappearing into the Past by Astrid Kruse Jensen. Now its possible to experience the works at Kunsthallen Brandts. 

In the exhibition Disappearing into the Past, Astrid Kruse Jensen is turning …

Photo: Ditte Haarløv Johnsen

This thursday 13. December at 7pm, artists Ditte Haarløv Johnsen and Michelle Eistrup talk about childhood experiences which have engaged their artistic practice.

At the same time experience Ditte Haarløv Johnsen´s work “Maputo Diary” – …

Photo: Mingo

Dedicated
26th November  - 29th December

Posing the question “How does one create art” photographer Mingo and journalist Jørgen Schlosser have created a book entitled “Dedikeret – 25 danske kunstnere fortæller om deres inspiration og kunst” (Dedicated – …

Photo: Niels Christensen

Photo: Lars Dyrendom, from the series The Photographic Eye, 2012.

Photo: Mike Kollöffel

Amazonan Trails 

This December and January at The Workers´ Museum in Copenhagen, photographer Mike Kollöffel is exhibiting his photographs of the Huaorani-indians from the Amazones in Ecuador.

Kollöffel´s photographic practice comprises photojournalism as well as independent projects and …

Photo: Giovanni Diffidenti

A documentary photo exhibition at Copenhagen City Hall display works by Italian photographer, Giovanni Diffidenti.

The photos which came about in collaboration with the NGO Dan Church Aid offers the viewer a glimpse into the life of …

Photo: Visual Officiel Paris Photo 2012

Paris Photo 15 – 18 November 2012.

Created in 1996 the parisian art fair Paris Photo opened its doors to a fair solely dedicated to historical and contemporary photography.

Starting tomorrow the fair takes …

Photo: Personal Projects

Personal Projects søger nu dokumentarfotografer til den kommende udstilling i Øksnehallen, som del af Copenhagen Photo Festival 2013. 

Her kan der læses om ansøgningsproceduren. 

Kort om os:
Vi er fem dokumentarfotografer, som alle arbejder med længerevarende personlige …

Photo: Michael Somoroffs/August Sanders

Absence of Subject – Galleri Image

Galleri Naboløs, Event. 

This Friday Gallery Naboløs celebrates their two year anniversary with a birthday party!

With the American presidential election at its peak, the exhibition “State of the Union” is perfectly timed.
Works by photographer Emil Hartvig, Mette Juul …

Photo: Nandini Valli Muthiahs

Ideally Indian, Types and Stereotypes in Indian Portrait Photography - KONTORprojects

Presenting three contemporary Indian photographers, Bharat Sikka, Nandini Valli Muthiahs and Pushpamala N, the exhibition “Ideally Indian” revolves around three central themes; humor, staging and performance.…

Photo: David Stjernholm/Trine Søndergaard

Trine Søndegaard, “Still” – Martin Asbæk Gallery 

At the moment Martin Asbæk Gallery has a solo exhibition with photographer Trine Søndergaard entitled Still.

In 2008 Søndergaard received the three years work grant from the Danish Arts …

Photo: Gary Knight

Bilder Nordic presents a talk by photographer and co-founder of the photographic agency VII Photo, Gary Knight.

With twenty years in the field of documentary photography, Knight has worked in Southeast Asia, Ex-Yugoslavia, The Middle East and many …

Photo: Miriam Nielsen, Flying saucers.

KE, the annual Artists´Autumn Exhibition, has since its origin hatched many well-known artists.

This year KE12 offer a great deal of  photographic work by artists such as Miriam Nielsen, Maja Nydahl, Søren Røenholt, Majs Persdatter …

The largest nordic photo fair opened today in Forum, Copenhagen.

The fair offers its visitors lots of photographic inspiration, product information and a great opportunity to meet fellow photography enthusiasts, at all levels and ages.

It is possible to experience …

Peter Lav Gallery, Michael Reisch.

Through his artistic practice, Reisch has been focusing on digital editing of photography, and one might …

Photo: Gary Knight

Bilder Nordic presents a talk by photographer and co-founder of the photographic agency VII Photo, Gary Knight.

With twenty years in the field of documentary photography, Knight has worked in Southeast Asia, Ex-Yugoslavia, The Middle East and many …

Photo: Hanne Nielsen og Birgit Johnsen

At the exhibition Facing the Dark, artist duo Hanne Nielsen and Birgit Johnsen present us with both photography and videoart.

The exhibition which primary focus is on photography, consists of two series, respectively Facing …

Photo: Frederik Lavesen, Skive.

In 2011 Copenhagen Photo Festival encouraged Danes to send in pictures of everyday  rituals captured at Nørrebro in Copenhagen. This resulted in the festival exhibition 2200 Everyday Rituals curated by Joachim Ladefoged, Martin Asbæk and Jakob Holdt. …

Photo: Edward Steichen (1952)

A sweet cure for any rainy fall day.

Portraying the controversial photographic pioneer Edward Steichen, this Fall exhibition at The National Photo Museum show works by the artist himself, supplemented by other photographic works.

The …

Just a sneak peek for the new Gregory Crewdson Movie.

The movie is about the American photographer and his staged photographs of American people, their homes, neighborhoods and lives.

It has yet to reach theaters in the US and Internationally.…

Photo: Andreas Meichsner, showing at Vollsmose Kulturhus

Since 2000 the International photo festival, FotoTriennale.dk, has taken place at Fyn.

This year, the overarching theme of the monthly long photo festival is “The Good Life.”

What determines a good life? …

Photo: Samuel Aranda

Photo: Eva Marie Rødbro, fra serien Fuck You Kiss Me, 2008.

Friday the 12th of October Fotografisk Center in Copenhagen will open the exhibit entitled “Ung dansk fotografi og videokunst” (Young Danish Photography and Video Art).

The show presents young contemporary …

Photo: Willem Popelier

September 15th – November 27th

C/O Berlin continues the photographic exhibition series Talents with the photographic works of the young Dutch artist Willem Popelier.

The exhibition entitled “This is Willem”, focus on the photographic representation of identity …

Photo: Alena Zhandarova

September 29th – December 22nd

As part of The Intimate Autumn: Behind the Facade, the colourful photographs by Russian artist Alena Zhandarova can be experienced at Aarhus Kunstbygning.

In the series Cornflower Tea and Concealing Chocolate…

Photo: V1 Gallery

Tonight! 

V1 Gallery is presenting The 2012 Vice Photo Show, featuring Peter Sutherland, Asger Carlsen, Olga Kravets, Kevin Kunishi and Roger Ballen.

The show is on display until friday.

V1 Gallery
Flæsketorvet 69-71
1711 Copenhagen V.…

Photo: Inside Out 2400

INSIDE OUT 2400 – MØNTMESTERVEJ NORTH WEST COPENHAGEN 

Tonight and tomorrow night you can experience a series of 15 meter tall video projections on the apartment gabels at Møntmestervej in North West of Copenhagen.

Visualizing the …

Photo: Martin Asbæk Gallery

Today the first edition of the Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam opens at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek, showcasing fifty galleries solely devoted to photography.

The fair is dedicated to and focusing on the new developments in contemporary photography.…

Photo: Astrid Kruse Jensen

Photo: Ed Templeton

The American artist and professional skater Ed Templeton is showing a collection of photographs from his trip to Russia in 2007. Through the photographs Templeton’s first-time experience of Russia is documented.

“A trip where he shot constantly …

Modernism, Tate Britain London Photo: Jesper Rasmussen

Jesper Rasmussen’s photographic series “White Cube Installations” confronts us with the neutral white exhibition space in the highest sense.
The different spaces are photographed and retouched, so that the actual exhibition space appears …

Photo: Galleri Naboløs

This month the Danish/Swiss artist group PUTPUT are exhibiting their conceptuel photographic work at Gallery Naboløs. What seems as recognizable everyday objects, are by closer look transformed.

Hereby the works challenge perception and recognition, and presents a …

Logo: Visa pour l´image

We thank photographers, galleries, sponsors, collaborators, volunteers and visitors for making Copenhagen Photo Festival 2012 such a success.

© Søren Bang 

2 PM
Finissage of Copenhagen Photo Festival 2012.
Photo City, Ny Tap, Store DSV, Pasteursvej 54, 1799 København V

11 AM and 2 PM

Guided tour of Photo City, Carlsberg at The Elephant Gate, Ny …

Stengade at Nørrebro in Copenhagen July 1st at 11.30 am, 2010 © Jacob Ehrbahn from the exhibition “Behind the Surface” at Fotografisk Center

10 AM – 1 PM and 2 PM – 5 PM
Workshop: iPhone photography – Creativity at …

Photo by  Sarah-Lahjoie-Flyng from the exhibition “Sydhavnen” at Karensminde Kulturhus

Copenhagen Photo Festival is celebrating the full spectrum of photography. Today we want to focus on diversity and draw a line from the past to the future.

At the art …

© JH Engström/Nordic Now!

4 PM
Guided tour at Photo City, Carlsberg at The Elephant Gate, Ny Carlsberg Vej, 1799 Copenhagen V

10 AM – 17.30 PM
Nordic Now! Two-days seminar June 14th – 15th
Photo City – The …

© Ashley Cameron 

4 PM
Guided tour at Photo City, Carlsberg at The Elephant Gate, Ny Carlsberg Vej, 1799 København V

7 PM
Artist Talk – Ashley Cameron, The Photo Stage, Photo City, Ny Tap, Pasteursvej 52, …

Events of The Day

Photo by Jakob Dall from the exhibition “Rongi’s life” at Slottet, Photo City

7 – 8.30 PM

Artist Talk and debate: Africa – The photography as a teammate or opponent?

Jakob Dall, photographer, Information. Tine Harden, …

Photo by Sergei Svaitchenko from the exhibition “FOR CERTAIN BECAUSE…” at Galleri Naboløs

The art galleries and exhibition spaces are an important part of Copenhagen Photo Festival displaying contemporary art photography. There has thus always been an open invitation …

Photo by Niels Hougaard from the exhibition “The Forgotten War” at Slottet, Photo City

7.00 PM

Artist talk and debate: Burma – how much do we see of the truth?

Photo City – Slottet, Pasteursvej 4, 6^th floor, 1799 …

Photo by Amanda Hestehave from the exhibition Danish Everyday Rituals at Gallery Oxholm

The fifth day of Copenhagen Photo Festival is up and running and today’s highlight is the exhibition and national project Danish Everyday Rituals, a collaboration between …

Photo by Søren Bang

The past two years Copenhagen Photo Festival has marked the celebration of photography in the urban space of Copenhagen. Projections at buildings at night and street galleries have brought the aesthetic of contemporary photography …

Photo by Søren Bang

11 AM
Artist Talk – Mehdi Avaz, Photo City – The Photo Stage, Pasteursvej 46, 5th floor
1799 København V

1 PM
Artist Talks – Photographers from The Censored Exhibition 2012, Photo City, Ny Tap …

Photo by Lærke Posselt, from the series “The Perfect Childhood”, Øksnehallen

Events of the day

4 – 7 PM

Vernissage – Personal Projects, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V

5 PM

Vernissage – Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Søren Kierkegaards …

All over Copenhagen photography has taken over the streets. At the old grounds of the Carlsberg Brewery you’ll be able to find Photo City, which is the epicenter and heart of the festival with more than 25 exhibitions on location. For more info click here…

The event we’ve been waiting for all year is rapidly approaching!

With the official opening of Copenhagen Photo Festival 2012 only a few weeks away, photographers, organizers, editors, graphic designers and printers all over Denmark and 24 other …

Photo: Adrian Delafontain

Fatamorgana The Danish School of Art Photography has created a competition for future photographers. To enter the competition, you don’t need a degree nor a special photographic style, just an urge and curiosity to take pictures.

Deadline …

If you find yourself near the Kings New Square (Kgs Nytorv) within the next couple of months, remember to check the big scale documentary photo exhibition.

Photo: Ed Kashi

The Norwegian Bilder Nordic School of Photography has in collaboration with Grundtvigs Højskole and Das Büro invited the internationally renowned photographer Ed Kashi to a talk in Nørrebrohallen May 9th at 7.30 pm.

Ed Kashi, who is …

The Norwegian photo magazine Objektiv launches their fifth and latest issue at the artist-run exhibition space KONTORprojects on Saturday at 2 – 5 pm.

Objektiv focuses on the camera based contemporary art and has in the four previous editions …

Photo: Alana Paterson

The Copenhagen based lifestyle magazine Bitchslap Magazine is currently portraying up-and-coming photographers from all around the world. To see the person behind the photos the magazine has invited the photographers to answer a few questions about their …

Photo by the courtesy of Grundtvigs Højskole

The streets of Copenhagen will on May 12th be the host of “Global Spring” -  a one day festival. Among the initiators of the festival are Grundtvigs Højskole, who has teamed up with …

The four graduates from CPH Film and Photo School Freya Sif Hestnes, Jens Paunkjær Christensen, Martin Stub-Holm el-Toukhy and Jesper Friman Christensen have joined forces in the photo collective Kronotop.

Photo: Teit Jørgensen

The Danish photographer Teit Jørgensen studied both photography at Delta Photo as well as cinematography at The Danish Film School. You therefore experience both still pictures and moving pictures in the works of Teit Jørgensen. Last …

Photo: Chris Verene

The financial crisis is noticed world wide – also in the small society surrounding Galesburg, Illinois, where unemployment is rising and tough living condition are influencing the citizens.

The New York-based photographer Chris Verene goes back to …

With the exhibition fotoGRAFISK (photoGRAPHIC) Fotografisk Center explores the art of photogravure.

Tomorrow marks the official deadline for submissions for Copenhagen Photo Festival 2012. After the deadline the selection of the participating photographers at this year’s festival will begin.

On April 1st all photographers will receive an email. If you are accepted to …

Today the exhibition “Ossobuco Spaghettification” by Icelandic artist Tumi Magnússon opens at DAMP Gallery. The exhibition consists of two parts. The first are eight photo prints dealing with change in time and space. The photos are mounted on the ceiling …

Photo: Jakob Mark

The key words of the 18th century were education, travelling, etiquette and pompous masquerades in the upper class. The downside to this polished facade was violence, punishment and slavery.

Five Aarhus-based photographers have interpreted this contrast-filled century …

Photo: Michael Mørk, courtesy of Peter Lav Gallery

Tomorrow Peter Lav Gallery officially opens its doors for an exhibition by art photographer Michael Mørk.

One of Michael Mørk’s trademarks is his fascination with minimizing the differences between photography and …

Since the 2011 edition of the festival ended, we’ve been working hard at making the festival’s third edition as big a success as last year’s was…

Photo: Nils Svensson

The Irish film maker Philip Evans has done most of his work in the skate environment, which now has led to the film Format Perspective. The film shows 6 European photographers’ life, work and individual approaches …

Photo: Pernille Koldbech Fich, courtesy of Galleri Image

Galleri Image in Aarhus opens a new exhibition with Danish Pernille Koldbech Fich. In the exhibition Black you can experience classic portrait photography as well as interior photography. Common for both genres …

Photo: Nicolai Howalt & Trine Søndergaard.
Hans Jørgens Lykke, How to Hunt, 2005-10
C-print, 63 x 80 cm., ed. of 5, 120 x 150 cm., ed. of 5, 160 x 200 cm., ed. of 3
Courtesy Martin Asbæk Gallery

In …

Photos: Martin Bubandt (main), Jacob Ehrbahn, Tage Christensen, Erik Refner, Tine Harden, Per Kjærbye, Keld Navntoft and Stine Larsen. Graphics: Søren Maarbjerg

Danish press photographers and photojournalists have throughout the years received considerable recognition worldwide for their unique style. …

Photo: Steffen T. Nielsen

The Danish Museum of Photography in Herning set out on a mission to increase the artistic level in Danish art photo. The mission led to a curated photo exhibition with the theme “To The Edge”. …

Photo: Frank Fournier. Omayera Sánchesz, Armero, Colombia, 1985

Since its birth photography has always had an ability to raise numerous debates regarding ethical and moral questions. With photos from the concentration camps during the Second World War and the …

This year’s winning photos in the highly renowned international photo competition have now been published, and amongst this year’s winners is the Danish photographer Lærke Posselt with her captivating portrait of the Iranian-born Danish actress Mellica Mehraban. The portrait won …

Photo: Adam Jeppesen

In the middle of 2009 Danish photographer Adam Jeppesen began his long hike from Arctic to Antarctica – a 487 day long and lonely hike through South and North America. The only companionship Jeppesen had was his camera, …

Courtesy of Galleri Tom Christoffersen

In the winding streets of Copenhagen, behind the square Gråbrødretorv, you’ll find Galleri Tom Christoffersen, which currently is hosting phenomenal portrait photography.

The gallery shows an exhibition by portrait and art photographer Tove Kurtzweil. The …

Photo: Henrik Adamsen, courtesy of Costum Art Gallery

The Copenhagen Costum Art Gallery is currently hosting a photo exhibition by Henrik Adamsen. The Danish fashion photographer has a long history in fashion, which began when he started working as …

Photo: Petra Kleis, courtesy of Galleri Naboløs

The Aarhus-born photographer Petra Kleis is as of today exhibiting in the Copenhagen department store Illum with the series “Bugs”. The exhibition expresses a fascination of the animal by investigating the strong …

Photo: Mette Tronvoll

With works in the collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Mette Tronvoll can be considered to be among the elite in portrait photography.

One of the signatures of …

Courtesy of Danish Design Centre

10 years ago Danish Kim Grenaa and Uffe Buchard launched the international fashion and lifestyle magazine DANSK Magazin, to create a platform for and to promote Danish fashion abroad. In the last 10 years the …

Photo from “Even now to explain everything would be difficult” by Gitte Villesen, 2009.

Until March 18th it’s possible to experience Gambia through the eyes of three generations of Gambian women as part of the exhibition “Even now to explain …

Photo: Peter Farago and Ingela Klemetz, courtesy of Designmuseum Danmark

As Copenhagen Fashion Festival once again is taking over Copenhagen several photo exhibitions are appearing all over town. One of the exhibitions is Northern Women in Chanel by Peter Farago …

We are currently open for admissions for participation in the 2012 Copenhagen Photo Festival

Photo: Astrid Dalum

The Newly Graduated Photojournalist Astrid Dalum Wins Scanpix Award

The Scanpix Award honors the best graduate project from the photo journalistic program at The Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus.

Graduate Astrid Dalum was …

The world champion of the photography’s equivalent to extreme sports is visiting Denmark.

German Andreas Gursky, who last year set the record, by selling the photo Rhine II for over 2 million pounds, is now exhibiting 45 giant photos at …

Photo: Mette Bersang

When the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 filled the sky over Europe with volcanic ashes, it soon became an eyeopener for Danish Mette Bersang and British Kathrine Marquis, when they realized the effect of the lack of …

Photo: Julie Edel Hardenberg and Lars Frederik Andersen

From November 25th 2011, the Greenlandic artist Julie Edel Hardenberg is showing an exhibition about Western stereotypes with a Greenlandic point of view.

In a time where the distance to a …

Denmark’s first multicultural street photo exhibition are now being published as a book.

The windows of the stores on Nørrebrogade were transformed into the longest photo gallery in Denmark, when the residents of Nørrebro exhibited their own pictures of the daily life in one of the most exposed neighborhoods in Copenhagen, during Copenhagen Photo Festival 2011.

The photographers Joachim Ladefoged and Jacob Holdt and gallery owner Martin Asbæk selected the pictures for the exhibition, which now in the shape of a book appear as an authentic and multicultural portrait of this diverse part of town.

Photo: Lasse Seidelin Bendtsen

Tonight the visitors at this year’s Culture Night will be able to dig into art – and dirt.

For tonight’s Culture Night, Museum of Copenhagen has arranged a variety of different and exciting events for the …

Photo: Peter Dench from the series “England Uncensored”.

During this year’s Culture Night, the photo collective 16tyve will be showing photos from all around the world.

With a mixture of commercial photographers and photojournalists, the photographers at 16tyve have …

Photo: Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine

The world’s best press photos are once again visiting Denmark.

Since 1955, the press photo’s equivalent to the Olympics has grown bigger and bigger, and has …

Photo: Eva Koch from the series “June’s Lace”, courtesy of Martin Asbæk Gallery

Photo: Jacob Aue Sobol

The Danish Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol will until Sunday be exhibiting at Fotografisk Center with the highly acclaimed exhibition “Stories”.

Jacob Aue Sobol is known for his series of black and white documentary photos, …

Photo: Gregory Crewdson, from the series “Beneath the Roses”, 2005/2006

In the series “Beneath the Roses”, photographer Gregory Crewdson stages the idyllic American suburb with a sense of melancholic tranquility.

The National Museum of Photography is hosting an exhibition …

Photo: Klaus Thymann from the series “Cities: Visionary Places”

Multiplicity and tolerance are the keywords behind photographer Klaus Thymann’s exhibition about the Danish freetown Christiania – a city within a city.

With a focus on the anarchistic architecture of …

Photo: Nicolai Howalt, Endings #2, 2011, c-print, 210 x 180 cm., edition of 5, Courtesy Martin Asbæk Gallery

In the exhibition Endings, the Danish photographer Nicolai Howalt examines society’s view on death anno 2011.

Through a study of …

On Friday Carlsberg’s Ny Tap opens its doors for the group exhibition Face, Head and Shoulders. The exhibitions shows 26 young, international photographers’ interpretation of portrait photography.

Challenging the Portrait
It is …

Copenhagen Photo Festival thanks for a successful 2011. We’ll return June 7-17 2012. In the meanwhile, the Copenhagen Photo Festival page will communicate information on Danish and international photo exhibitions and events throughout the year.…

The photojournalist patiently waits for the right moment and the perfect composition, while the art photographer plans and stages his work down to the smallest detail.

It is through the fresh eyes of Maja Nydal Eriksen and Simone Lilmoes that new light is thrown on the newest part of Copenhagen; Ørestaden.

Photo: Carlos Luján

Here and Now

The exhibition takes you on a journey to Spain. One photographer takes you to bullfighting, another one shows you the typical Spanish woman or invites you to visit the family …

14 Spanish documentary …

We’re back and ready to take over the streets of Copenhagen with an amazing selection of Danish and international photography. Copenhagen Photo Festival