"I'm still in the catastrophy"

• Photographer
  Laerke Posselt, Denmark
• Website
  http://posseltphotography.com

"I'm still in the catastrophy", Joergen Leth says about the earthquake in Haiti. He is a famous Danish writer and filmmaker, and had the Danish general consulate in Haiti. "My life in Jacmel, my house, it's gone".

Laerke Posselt was born in Denmark in 1984. Allthough still a student, Laerke Posselt has won numeous national and international prizes, including World Press Photo 2012 (first prize, portrait singles) and POYi (first prize, portrait singles). After high school, she moved to Copenhagen, where she was admitted to Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Art and Documentary Photography. After Fatamorgana, Posselt studied Film and Media at the University of Copenhagen, and at the age of 22, she started working as a freelance photographer, doing commercial jobs mainly for Danish magazines. Wanting to focus more on social issues and the human condition, and wanting to learn more, Posselt began studying photojournalism at the Danish School of Media and Journalism, in Aarhus, in 2008. As part of her education, she underwent an 18-month internship at the Danish daily, Politiken. Posselt is currently in her final semester at the Danish School of Media and Journalism, and will graduate in autumn 2012.