Mads Nissen
Mads Nissen (born November 17, 1979) is a Danish documentary photographer and winner of the 2015 World Press Photo of the Year.[1][2]
Mads Nissen | |
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| Born | November 17, 1979 Hobro, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Education | Danish School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Known for | World Press Photo Award 2015 |
| Website | www |
Life and work
Nissen was born on November 17, 1979 in Hobro, Denmark. He completed his studies at the Danish School of Journalism in Copenhagen.
From 2004 to 2006 he worked as a staff photographer for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and subsequently as a freelance photojournalist for Newsweek, Time, Der Spiegel, Stern and The Sunday Times. He has documented the food crisis in Niger, overpopulation in the Philippines, and the Amazon rainforest.
Publications
Publication by Nissen
- Amazonas. Gyldendal, 2013. ISBN 978-8-7021361-0-4.[3]
Publication with contributions by Nissen
- A New Documentary. The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9896053-0-4.
Awards
- 2006: Third Prize (with two others), Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.[4]
- 2007: Third Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.[5]
- 2007: Danish Press Photo of the Year.
- 2010: Danish Press Photo of the Year.
- 2011: World Press Photo Award, World Press Photo, Amsterdam, for a Libyan fighter standing on a burning tank.[6][7]
- 2011: Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Photography Grant.[8][9]
- 2015: World Press Photo of the Year for a photograph of two gay men in St Petersburg, from a series on homophobia in Russia.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Exhibitions
- 2006: Forgotten crisis, Médecins du Monde, Visa pour l'Image, France.
- 2007+2009: Luis Valtueña Humanitarian Photography, Several European countries.
- 2008+2010+2012+2014: Lumix Photo Festival, Hannover, Germany.
- 2009: Chobi Mela V, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2009: Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Netherlands.
- 2010+2011+2012+2013+2014: Personal Projects, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2011+2012: Visa pour l’image, France.
- 2012: Ashes and Gold, Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany.
- 2012: Nordox, Shanghai, China.
- 2013: Festival dela Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy.
- 2014: Amazonas solo exhibition, Freelens Gallery, Hamburg.
References
- "Mads Nissen". World Press Photo.
- "Markers of Change". Kathmandu Post. November 2, 2011.
- "An Ode to the Amazon". PDN Photo of the Day.
- "Winner's List". Days Japan. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- "Winner's List". Days Japan. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- "The shot that nearly killed me: War photographers – a special report". The Guardian (UK).
- World Press Photo Archived September 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- PhotoQ Archived October 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Mads Nissen on his Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Grant Archived September 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (Photographie.com)
- "World Press Photo of the Year 2014 goes to Mads Nissen". worldpressphoto.org. 2015.
- "Mads Nissen – in his own words". British Journal of Photography.
- Estrin, James (February 12, 2015). "A Subtle Moment Becomes the World Press Photo of the Year". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Donadio, Rachel (September 4, 2015). "At Visa Pour l'Image Festival, Photojournalists at the Ramparts". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Mads Nissen. "Mads Nissen". LensCulture.
- Jurek Skrobala (February 12, 2015). "World Press Photo: Gewinner Mads Nissen im Interview". Der Spiegel.
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