Artist talk // Yana Wernicke: 'Companions'
Artist talk // 17:00 - 18:00
Sign & Talk & Drink in Thiemer's Magazine
In Thiemers Magasin you can experience Copenhagen Photo every day during the festival period, photographers and the public meet in Thiemers Magasin for Happy Hour at 17-18.
We serve drinks (two for one!), the city's second best coffee, cool rosé, Thiemer's summer spritz and beer brewed by irrepressible beer farmers from Herslev, while selected photographers talk informally and without a microphone about the work on their current books and projects.
On Saturday 3 June, Yana Wernicke will stop by and talk about her photo book 'Companions'.
As part of the Copenhagen Photo Festival, Yana Wernicke is invited to Copenhagen with an exhibition at Harbo Bar. Here at Thiemers Magasin, she presents the book Companions, her latest printed matter, which is a portrait of two young women who have established a deep relationship with animals and where ideas about species loneliness and relationships between species are explored. Yana's images offer a perspective and documentation of the situations that create a longing and a revelation. Instead of presenting familiar cuteness or horror, she leaves room for a poetic, possible reality.
The project was published as a photo book here in the spring of 2023 by the publisher Loose Joints.
Of previous book projects, you will be able to see and have a chat with Yana Wernicke about the award-winning photo book Zenker from 2021, which she made in collaboration with Jonas Feige. You will also be able to explore other books from the publisher Loose Joints, which are exhibited in Thiemers Magasin.
Yana Wernicke (b. 1990) is a German photographer. Her work often revolves around the photographic depiction of animals and humanity's relationship with nature and other beings.
The event is free but please sign up here
Artist talk // Jens Juul: 'Six Degrees of Copenhagen'
Artist talk // 18:00 - 19:00
Sign & Talk & Drink in Thiemer's Magazine
In Thiemers Magasin you can experience Copenhagen Photo every day during the festival period, photographers and the public meet in Thiemers Magasin for Happy Hour at 17-18.
We serve drinks (two for one!), the city's second best coffee, cool rosé, Thiemer's summer spritz and beer brewed by irrepressible beer farmers from Herslev, while selected photographers talk informally and without a microphone about the work on their current books and projects.
Lørdag d. 3. juni kommer Jens Juul forbi og fortæller om sin fotobog 'Six Degrees of Copenhagen'.
I 10 år har fotograf Jens Juul portrætteret mennesker i København. Nu bliver hans portrætserie samlet i værket Six Degrees of Copenhagen. Blot seks led ude er alle mennesker på jorden forbundet med hinanden. Sådan lyder teorien, der danner grundlag for fotograf Jens Juuls værk: Six Degrees of Copenhagen.
De seneste 10 år har Jens Juul besøgt og fotograferet flere hundrede københavnere. For ham ukendte mennesker med det eneste fællestræk, at de er blevet anbefalet af en tidligere portrætteret person i deres bekendtskabskreds.
Og netop det greb og kontroltab er helt centralt for portrætseriens succes, mener Jens Juul:
”Du behøver ikke rejse til katastrofeområder for at skildre dramaet og det ukendte. Det er lige her – ved siden af dig og inde hos naboen. Det stille drama, det svære liv, den ufattelige lykke,” siger han.
Alle de portrætterede er anonyme, og det har været en styrke i arbejdet, forklarer han:
”Fortroligheden i det anonyme giver plads til at være usikker og sårbar. Alle portrætterne udspringer af et privat møde med et menneske, uanset hvilket samfundslag personen ellers måtte tilhøre,” siger han.
International anerkendelse
Projektet har vundet internationale priser som Magnum Photography Awards, Sony Photography Award og International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY). Senest har portrætter fra serien vundet hovedprisen i BBA Photography Prize.
Om Jens Juul:
Portrætfotograf Jens Juul (f. 1963) er uddannet maler fra Billedskolen i København og fotograf. Siden 2012 har gennem sin dokumentariske og undersøgende tilgang portrætteret mennesker, han tilfældigt har mødt. Han har vundet adskillige priser for sit arbejde. Blandt andet Magnum Photography Awards og Sony World Photography Award.
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