Birth

• Photographer
  Jens Juul
• Date of Photograph
  2nd of february 2013
• Technical Info
  canan 5d markII
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.jensjuul.com

• Biography
  In place of the traditional word attach the word “portrayal.” From a semantics perspective it may seem a subtle nuance, but in truth, Juul’s photography ‘portrait’ to describe his black & white photographs of anonymous strangers, Jens Juul prefers to is a collective visual statement ‘portraying’ the human condition intertwined at its most vulnerable points of truth. Blunt, almost savage, in their revelations and vulnerability, Juul’s images blur the lines between documentary, environmental portraiture, and fine art references. Trained as a painter at Billedskolen in Copenhagen and New York Ar
• Awards
  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 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, Editorial – IPOTY 2016, in the sport 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