JANUARY 2010
Just returned from Haiti, where I covered the devastating consequences of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Reports now indicates that possibly more than 150.000 may have been killed and three million affected. Images online very soon!

DECEMBER 2009
I covered all demonstrations during the COP15 United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in december. Here is a selection of my images of environmentalists and activists in the streets of my city.

DECEMBER 2009
This year I was again awarded an Honorable Mention in UNICEF Photo of the Year 2009 for my feature "Gaza Devastation" from the war torn Gaza Strip trip in January.

OCTOBER 2009
I covered the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships which was held October 14-18 in Copenhagen. The biennial World Championships attracted more than 1000 athletes from a record 142 countries. See a selection here. And the tearsheet in Berlingske Tidende.

SEPTEMBER 2009
NEW STORY - Finally my long term project from Kibera in Nairobi was published in this week's edition of STERN. See the tearsheets here, or see the full 66-image project, showing images from all three years working in "The Shadow City".

AUGUST 2009
I was awarded a 1st Place in the category 'Editorial : War/Conflict' in International Photography Awards for my Gaza Devastation work.

AUGUST 2009
NEW MULTIMEDIA SECTION - A new multimedia section with productions are now online - click in the right bar to watch films from Denmark and abroad. For now all the productions are in danish language only. I am working on an english version of my Gaza work at the moment. Enjoy!

JULY 2009
I just received the news that I have been given three Honorable Mentions in Prix de la Photographie, Paris for my features "China's Factory Blues", "DR Congo Crisis" and "Gaza Devastation".

JUNE 2009
NEW STORY - Images from my journey through China's Shanxi Province last summer are now online. Since receiving an award in Best Of Photojournalism 2009 in the category Environmental Picture Story, I have changed the series into 6x7 - I hope you will enjoy "China Loves Coal".

MAY 2009
I have just been named a nominee in the category 'Editorial Series' of the New York Photo Awards 2009, which means that I have been selected for the final round of judging. "Considering the number of rounds that the Jury has already been through, being nominated is truly an award in and of itself."

APRIL 2009
Two prizes won in China International Press Photo 2008: Silver Medal in 'Art, Culture And Entertainment News - singles' for an image of young Dancers of Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
Honorable Mention in 'Economy Science And Technology News' for my picture story Financial Tsunami. See the whole story edit here.

APRIL 2009
I was awarded a 3rd Place in Best Of Photojournalism 2009 in the category Environmental Picture Story for my story "China Loves Coal" in Shanxi Province in China.

MARCH 2009
I won a prize in the Danish Photo of the Year 2008/2009. I was awarded 2. Prize in News Photo of the Year - Denmark for a black & white image of politician Birthe Rønn Hornbech (V).

FEBRUARY 2009
NEW STORY - Images from my trip to the war torn Gaza Strip are now online. See 'Gaza Devastation' in the stories section.

JANUARY 2009
On my way back from Gaza. It has been busy, not much sleep and a lot of moving stories. Images from my trip will be uploaded soon.

JANUARY 2009
I have been nominated in the Danish Picture of the Year (Årets Pressefoto). The result will be published in early march. Happy New Year to you all.

DECEMBER 2008
I just got the news that I was given Honorable Mention in UNICEF Photo of the Year 2008 for my feature 'A Childhood Behind Bars' from a Latvia youth prison.

NOVEMBER 2008
NEW STORY - Just back from a short visit to Goma to cover the 'DR Congo Crisis' for German magazine Stern. Some of the images was published in this weeks edition of the magazine. A selection of the images are now online in the stories section.

OCTOBER 2008
Stern magazine is sending me back to Nairobi, Kenya to continue my work on the project in Kibera.

SEPTEMBER 2008
NEW STORY - The days of ultra-cheap chinese labor are coming to an end, and factories are closing daily in China's Guangdong Province. The brand new story 'China's Factory Blues' is now available in the stories section.

AUGUST 2008
NEW STORY - The story 'Beijing - A City Transformed' is now online under stories - see the images here.

JULY 2008
I am leaving for Central Asia to climb the challenging 7000 meter peak Khan Tengri on the border between Kazakhstan and Kirgisistan.

JULY 2008
I am safely back after three weeks in China, working hard on all the images for the three new stories. They will be posted once they have been published in Berlingske Tidende before the Olympics.

JUNE 2008
I will be travelling around China for three weeks in June to work on several stories leading up to the Olympics in august.

MAY 2008
I won a Gold Prize in the category "Economy, Science and Technology - Stories" in China International Press Photo Contest 2007 with my story "India Rising" about the 'economic boom' in India.

APRIL 2008
The Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hannover, Germany has chosen to exhibit my "India Rising" photo essay. 60 exhibitions are planned on the new festival, which takes place from the 18th to the 21st of June.

APRIL 2008
I won two awards in Best Of Photojournalism 2008:
3rd Place for "A Childhood Behind Bars," in the category "Best Published Picture Story", and Honerable Mention in the same category for "Beirut After the War".

MARCH 2008
I am participating with images from China, Uganda, Italy and Beirut in the project The Human Condition: Photographs by Members of the Lightstalkers Virtual Community.

MARCH 2008
I won Third Place in the 65th Pictures Of The Year International (POYi) - 'Feature Picture Story' for "A Childhood Behind Bars," a feature about Latvia's only youth prison.

FEBRUAR 2008
I went to Spain to work on a series of news stories leading up to the election next month.

JANUARY 2008
NEW STORY - The story 'India Rising' about the 'economic boom' in India's two southern metropolis, Mumbai and Bangalore is now ready. See the images here. Tearsheets here.

DECEMBER 2007
I am leaving for India to work on a new story in Mumbai and Bangalore. Images will be posted when I'm back.

NOVEMBER 2007
Images from my first trip on a long term project about urbanization is now online. I am working in Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. 2008 marks the first time in human history that the majority of the world’s population will live in cities.

SEPTEMBER 2007
NEW STORY - I have just been to Peloponnese in southern Greece to shoot a news picture story on the wildfires that were raging in late august. The out-of-control situation have claimed at least 68 lives and left the countryside looks as though a bomb has been dropped on the area. See the images here.

AUGUST 2007
I travelled to Dublin, Ireland to shoot images showing the smoking ban that has been the law since 2004. Denmark will have the same kind of smoking ban on 15th of august. See the images here.

JULY 2007
NEW STORY - Returned from Lebanon, where I was working on the story "Beirut After The War".

JUNE 2007
NEW STORY - On a trip to Latvia, I visited the country's only youth prison. The inmates are from 14-21 years old and many have commited serious crimes like murder and rape.
A Childhood Behind Bars. Tearsheet here.

MAY 2007
I am back from Kenya, where I was working on a story about urbanization in Nairobi's Kibera.

MAY 2007
I followed the legendary danish singer/songwriter Michael Falch on his tour. He played a concert on the ferry to Oslo, Norway for a 180-person audience. See the images here.

APRIL 2007
I have just returned from Spain, where I shot a story in El Ejido - one of the world's biggest vegetable growing regions, where thousands of illegal African immigrants are working in hot, plastic greenhouses in Spain's Andalucia region for less than 25 euro a day. Go to "Plastic Fruit Workers".

APRIL 2007
NEW FEATURE - A new feature has been added to the site. IMAGE OF THE MONTH it is called, and updated every month with my greatest 'stand-alone' reportage shot.
All new portraits will still be added under portraits.

MARCH 2007
I paid the legendary Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn a visit during my stay in The States last month. See the story "Brooklyn Boxing Mecca" here.

MARCH 2007
I covered the street riots in Copenhagen following the clearence of Ungdomshuset (Youth House). On 1 March 2007 the building was cleared of its occupants. This resulted in the break out of rioting, including the blocking of the main street of Norrebro, and fires were started all over the city. See a selection of my images taken during the day and night here.

FEBRUARY 2007
I have just returned from New York where I shot an assignment about the first danish hockey player ever to play in NHL. See the story on Frans Nielsen from N.Y. Islanders here.

JANUARY 2007
One more grant came my way! This time from Tuborgfondet to realize projects in China.

JANUARY 2007
I recieved a Danida grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

DECEMBER 2006
NEW STORY - "Shanghai Reconstruction" about the rapid changes in the vibrant metropol on the east coast of China.

OCTOBER 2006
I have just returned from yet another climbing adventure in Tibet, where we climbed Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world.

JULY 2006
I am once again working for the danish daily Berlingske Tidende for the summer. Among many assignments I travelled to Damascus, Syria to cover the biggest evacuation of danish citizens since World War II.

JUNE 2006
I won the SCANPIX-prize for the best photojournalism bachelor project at The Danish School of Journalism for my two stories on water pollution in China. Go to Stories.

MAY 2006
I just got back from a long trip to China, where I shot two stories on water pollution and the devastating consequenses for the country's people.

APRIL 2006
I won a Gold Prize in China International Press Photo Contest 2005 with my story on "Russian Female Tennis".

MARCH 2006
Back after 10 days in Milan, Italy, where I worked on a feature about one of the illigal "Roma Camps" in the fashion city.

MARCH 2006
I won 1st. Prize in Sport Feature in the Danish Picture of the Year 2005/2006.

DECEMBER 2005
I won 1st Place - 'student section' of International Documentary Photo Awards Korea 2005 with my story on "The Forgotten War" in Uganda. I also recieved honorable mention for my story on "Russian Female Tennis".

SEPTEMBER 2005
Just got back from Africa, where I climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and shot two stories related to the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda

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