Hair

• Photographer
  A haircut can make a statement or it can be the outer expression of an inner state. That is why there is often more to it than just the cutting of hair. The hair is a defining feature of the way we look. Usually, it is quite few people in our lives that touch our hair. But in the hair salon or the barbershop we let a stranger close to this rather intimate part of ourselves. By the time you leave the chair, the person with the scissors has adjusted your appearance, essentially modifying the way the world is able to ascertain various qualities of your person. I deas of beauty, strength, eroticism, individuality, sensuality, masculinity, and femininity are closely linked to the hair. I try to capture the moment where we let other people – people that we don’t necessarily know that well – get strangely close and shape the way the world sees us. I’m intrigued by the intimacy of that particular situation. When seated you let your guard down completely, best illustrated of course by the man who lets someone else get close to his throat with a lethally sharp razor knife. When I meet ordinary people, I’m intrigued by the fact that they have so many fascinating stories and interesting personalities. Meeting strangers and getting to hear a chunk of their lives really gets me. You don’t have to go to war zones and distant places to experience drama and the unknown. The odds are, you’ll find both right around the corner. , Denmark
• Studio
  Jens Juul
• Website
  https://www.jensjuul.com

A haircut can make a statement or it can be the outer expression of an inner state. That
is why there is often more to it than just the cutting of hair.

The hair is a defining feature of the way we look. Usually, it is quite few people in our
lives that touch our hair. But in the hair salon or the barbershop we let a stranger close
to this rather intimate part of ourselves. By the time you leave the chair, the person
with the scissors has adjusted your appearance, essentially modifying the way the world is
able to ascertain various qualities of your person. I deas of beauty, strength, eroticism,
individuality, sensuality, masculinity, and femininity are closely linked to the hair. I
try to capture the moment where we let other people – people that we don’t necessarily
know that well – get strangely close and shape the way the world sees us.

I’m intrigued by the intimacy of that particular situation. When seated you let your guard
down completely, best illustrated of course by the man who lets someone else get close to
his throat with a lethally sharp razor knife.

When I meet ordinary people, I’m intrigued by the fact that they have so many fascinating
stories and interesting personalities. Meeting strangers and getting to hear a chunk of
their lives really gets me. You don’t have to go to war zones and distant places to
experience drama and the unknown. The odds are, you’ll find both right around the corner.

• Awards
  Winner of BBA Photography Prize 2021 Finalist in the Magnum Photography Awards 2017 Silver in Prix De La Photographie PX3, Paris, in the portraiture category 2017 Winner of the Annual Press Photo, Danish Press Photographers Assiciation, in the open category 2016 3rd prize in Portraits – Hellerau Photography Award 2016 Grand Prize Winner, International Photographer of the Year. IPOTY 2016 Honorable mention, Editorial – IPOTY 2016, in the sport category Winner of the Magnum Photography Awards 2016, in the portraiture category 2nd prize in the Sony World Photography Awards 2016 in the sport category Honorable mention, IPA – person category, 2015 3rd prize in the Sony Photography Award 2015, in the portraiture category Honorable mention, IPA – portraiture category, 2014 Exellence Award, Black & White Portfolio contest 2014 Winner of the Sony World Photography Awards 2013, In the portraiture category Finalist in KL International Photoawards 2013, in the portraiture category Portfolio Contest Winner, Black & White 2013 Honorable Mention, IPA . Portraiture category, 2013 4th palce for the Su-ture 1 st Edition by Gomma 2013 Finalist in Renaissance Photography Prize 2013