Six Degrees of Copenhagen

• Prize
• Photographer
  Jens Juul, Denmark
• Studio
  Jens Juul
• Website
  https://www.jensjuul.com

Six Degrees of Copenhagen. Taking its point of depature from the idear that every person
on Earth is connected by only Six degrees of separation, this series of photos depicts
human connections through the city of Copenhagen. The setup is that I portray random
people that I engage with in the streets, and that these chance meeetings end up with me
taking personal photos of these people, who then each send me on to another person, who I
can portray, who then gives me the name of another person...

• 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