TALK · FREMKALDT · Mads Nissen & Morten Pape · UDSAT til efteråret
TALK · FREMKALDT · Mads Nissen & Morten Pape i samtale om at formidle menneskelige fortællinger fra udgrænsede miljøer.
Hvordan formidler man det, der ikke vil frem i lyset? Og hvordan får man adgang til de mest lukkede, kriminelle miljøer? Hvilke etiske perspektiver indebærer det arbejde, og hvordan finder det lyssky vej til den offentlige samtale?
Med samtalen som ‘fremkaldervæske’ kan publikum opleve den prisvindende fotograf Mads Nissen og forfatter Morten Pape i samtale om den sociale arv, indignation og personlige fortællinger. Hvilke afsavn kræver det at dokumentere sandheden – uanset om det er på film eller på papir? Hvilke etiske overvejelser indebærer det at stille sig i første række og fortælle om narkobaroner, unge kriminelle ‘torpedoer’ og ghettoernes sociale slagsider.
Glæd dig til en uformel aften med inspirerende samtale i intime rammer i Balkonfoyeren på Det Kongelige Teater. Nissen og Pape har på forskellig vis markeret sig markant inden for deres felt.
Den prisvindende fotograf Mads Nissen (f. 1979) er dokumentarfotograf og arbejder med aktuelle, sociale problemer. Han har tre gange vundet hovedprisen ved World Press Photo og har modtaget mere end 100 internationale priser for sit arbejde. Senest modtog han prisen som Årets Pressefotograf i Danmark 2025. I foråret 2026 udgiver han sin fjerde bog, Sangre Blanca (GOST Books) om den globale kokainhandel.
Forfatter Morten Pape (f.1986) er uddannet manuskriptforfatter fra den alternative filmskole Super16. Han romandebuterede i 2015 med “Planen”, som modtog BogForums Debutantpris. I 2018 fulgte han op med “Guds bedste børn”, der vandt DR Romanprisen. Tredje og afsluttende roman i Amager-trilogien, “I ruiner”, udkom i 2021 og blev belønnet med Politikens Litteraturpris. “Nøglebarn” og “Månebarn” om hans forældres familiehistorier er hans seneste udgivelser. Morten Pape modtog Statens Kunstfonds treårige arbejdslegat i 2019, og hans romaner har solgt mere end 200.000 eksemplarer.
PROGRAM
kl 17-17.30 Checkin – Dørene åbner
kl. 17.30–18.30 Samtale mellem Mads Nissen & Morten Pape
kl. 18.30-19 Mulighed for at købe signerede bøger eller print
Før og efter ‘Fremkaldt’ har du mulighed for at gå på opdagelse i festivalen udstillinger på Det Kongelige Teater, der blandt andet byder på en omfattende udstilling af den amerikanske Magnum-fotograf Carolyn Drake og den verdenskendte fotograf Roger Ballen.
Om Fremkaldt ‘Fremkaldt’ er en samtalerække under Copenhagen Photo Festival, hvor kendte danske fotografer møder en kunstner fra en anden sfære af kulturlivet til en givende samtale. Sammen udforsker de fælles snitfladerne og hvordan deres kunst knytter an til vores samtid. Samtalen vil være modereret og foregår på dansk. Billetten giver også adgang til at besøge alle udstillingerne i festivalcentrum.
Talken er udsat til efteråret
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TALK · FREMKALDT · Mads Nissen & Morten Pape in conversation on communicating human stories from marginalised environments
How do you communicate what resists being brought into the light? And how do you gain access to the most closed, criminal environments? What ethical considerations does this work entail – and how does it find its way from the shadows into public discourse?
With conversation as a kind of “developing fluid”, audiences can experience award-winning photographer Mads Nissen and author Morten Pape in dialogue about social inheritance, indignation, and personal storytelling. What sacrifices does it take to document the truth – whether on film or on paper? And what ethical considerations come with stepping forward to tell stories of drug lords, young criminal “torpedos”, and the social inequalities of marginalised urban communities?
Join us for an informal evening of inspiring conversation in the intimate setting of the Balcony Foyer at the Royal Danish Theatre. Nissen and Pape have each made a significant mark in their respective fields.
Award-winning photographer Mads Nissen (b. 1979) is a documentary photographer working with contemporary social issues. He has won the World Press Photo of the Year three times and received more than 100 international awards for his work. Most recently, he was named Danish Press Photographer of the Year 2025. In spring 2026, he will publish his fourth book, Sangre Blanca (GOST Books), on the global cocaine trade.
Author Morten Pape (b. 1986) trained as a screenwriter at the alternative film school Super16. He made his literary debut in 2015 with Planen, which received the BogForum Debut Award. In 2018, he followed up with Guds bedste børn, which won the DR Novel Prize. The third and final novel in his Amager trilogy, I ruiner (2021), was awarded Politiken’s Literature Prize. His most recent publications, Nøglebarn and Månebarn, explore his parents’ family histories. Morten Pape received a three-year working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2019, and his novels have sold more than 200,000 copies.
PROGRAM
17:00-17:30 Checkin – Doors open
17:30–18:30 Conversation between Mads Nissen & Morten Pape
18:30-19:00 Opportunity to purchase signed books or prints
Before and after Fremkaldt, you can explore the festival exhibitions at the Royal Danish Theatre, including a major exhibition by American Magnum photographer Carolyn Drake and by the internationally renowned photographer Roger Ballen.
About Fremkaldt Fremkaldt is a talk series at Copenhagen Photo Festival, where leading Danish photographers meet artists from other fields of cultural life for in-depth conversations. Together, they explore shared points of intersection and how their practices connect to the world we live in. The talk will be moderated and held in Danish. The ticket also grants access to all exhibitions in the festival centre.
Image credits: @ Mads Nissen og @ Ditte Capio
Strong event program across the city
Image credit: Joakim Eskildsen from his series 'Home works' exhibition at Fotografisk Center opening with a talk on 2. june.
Copenhagen Photo Festival presents the final festival program of the year, which, in addition to all the photo exhibitions, offers everything from inspiring talks and investigative panel debates to thought-provoking films and workshops that focus on rewilding. The festival opens with a curated grand opening event on 1 June, while three time World Press Photo winner Mads Nissen rounds off the festival with the last talk of the year on 11 June and unveiling of next year’s theme.
Copenhagen Photo Festival opens on Thursday 1 June with a large grand opening event that marks the beginning of 11 days filled with contemporary photography, powerful films and insightful talks. The festival's grand opening is celebrated with DJ, happy hour and a rewilded photo performance as well as guided tours by the exhibiting artists in the exhibition park's 13 exhibitions on Refshaleøen as a taste of what the festival has to offer.
Explore all exhibitions and events at the festival center
Topical talks and panels examine art, photography and sustainable practices
In addition to presenting its visitors with contemporary photography, Copenhagen Photo Festival also wants to create a space for dialogue and inspiration through an extensive program of talks and panels.
Under this year's main theme of ‘rewilding’, the festival opens the doors to a series of panel debates in collaboration with FUTURES Photography, where sustainable art practices, art in public space and the importance of artificial intelligence for future photography and art are discussed.
The panels include photographers exhibiting at the festival flanked by a number of guest speakers and experts such as Carina Hammer, responsible for sustainability at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Lisa Giomar Hydén Exhibitions Director at Fotografiska Stockholm and Majken Overgaard from Korridor, but also Raphaël Biollay, curator at Images Vevey and Jacob Theilgaard, director of Bæredygtigt Kulturliv.nu.
Reserve your seat at the panels
From Fryd Frydendahl to Torben Eskerod
In addition to the professional program on Refshaleøen, this year you can experience interesting conversations about photography all over the city, including at the photo book market at Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Theilgaard Academy, Thiemers Magasin and at the Fotografisk Center and Det Kgl. Library and a number of other exhibition venues of the festival. On the program are, among others, Fryd Frydendahl, Joakim Eskildsen, Per Bak Jensen, Ole Christiansen, Lærke Posselt and Torben Eskerod.
‘Rewild’ your photographic skills
During the Copenhagen Photo Festival, there will be a series of workshops that will take you back to the early techniques of photography. Here you can try your hand at cyanotype, wet plate photography, polaroid transfer or sew your own notebook with the elegant Japanese bookbinding technique.
Photography in the Cinemateque
This year, Copenhagen Photo Festival also offers an extensive film program with subsequent talks both on Refshaleøen and in a special photo film program at the Cinematheque that shows e.g. acclaimed films by Sally Mann, Jacob Riis, Nan Goldin,Helmut Newton and the pioneeren and mad amn Eadweard Muybridge.
Phie Ambo in dialogue about ‘rewilding’
At the festival center you can experience Phie Ambo's latest film "Organised Wildness", which focuses sharply on the dilemmas and conflicting interests that arise in a community in Thy in North Jutland, when the community is introduced to the rewilding of a local forest area. The film will be with English subtitles and after the screening Phie Ambo will enter a conversation on how we can rewild Denmark and have more wild nature. The film screening is made possible in collaboration with Imagine5 and Bio Bio.
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Three-time World Press Photo winner puts the finishing touches on this year's festival
One of the world's most recognized photographers, Mads Nissen, who has won the main prize in World Press Photo three times, rounds off the Copenhagen Photo Festival with an artist talk about his latest project SANGRE BLANCA.
SANGRE BLANCA was made in a unique collaboration with the Colombian artist Juan Arreaza, and examines the journey of cocaine from a laboratory in Colombia to a nightclub in Kødbyen in Copenhagen. The project unfolds through photographs, oil paintings and installations and gives a unique insight into the historically high cocaine trade and its human consequences.
Open call 2024 kickoff
With this presentation, Mads Nissen connects to the Copenhagen Photo Festival 2024, where he will be headliner with his exhibition of SANGRE BLANCA. In connection with the talk, the veil will also be lifted for next year's main theme which kicks off the open call for the 2024 edition of Copenhagen Photo Festival.
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