I spent most of October in the Ecuadorian Amazon working on my book. I had some amazing weeks with some amazing people and I look forward to showing the images to you all. Now, I'm back home in Shanghai, China and am once again available for assignments. Please note that my cell number has changed, my new number is: +86 151 021 76 163.

From October 22 until the 24 I'll be attending the first Nordic Master Class in Norway. For more info read previous blog.

See it here

From August 2nd to August 26, I'll be working in Beijing covering the Olympics for Der Spiegel. The focus will be the Hutongs, the people and everything in between.

In July I spend two weeks in Japan with freelance writer Rasmus Thirup Beck. During the two weeks we covered a range of stories from the famous annual Fuji Rock Festival to the Amami-Islands in South Japan; the place on earth where people live the longest.

These are some of the tear sheets for a feature story for Der Spiegel on the world of spirit giants and how they are breaking into the Chinese market. See all the tear sheets here.

A 8.0 sized Earthquake hit Sichuan province on the 12th of May. Almost one month after the earthquake, death toll is measured at nearly 70 000, with 17 500 still missing. See the picture story here.

This story is about a Chinese Elite Athletes School and it was recently published in the Danish magazine PLEASURE. Tear sheets.

I'm pleased to announce that I've been selected for the first Nordic Master Class. The Nordic Master Class is a brand new after education seminar launched by Nordisk Journaliscenter and Update in cooperation with The Danish Photojournalism Programme.

The first part of the seminar will be in Norway in September and from during September and November all the participants will be working on a story from either of the Nordic countries. Finally we'll meet again in the end of November to discuss and edit the stories and all stories will be published on a new website and released in a photo book. Read more here (Danish only)

My ongoing project 'Amazonas' has been selected and will be exhibit at the 'Lumix - Festival for young photojournalism', which will take place from June 18- 22 in Hannover, Germany. My next trip into the Amazon will take place in the fall/ winther 2008.
Link to 'Lumix - Festival for young photojournalism'.
See a selection of the images Amazonas - voyage into the wilderness

In May I went back to the Tibetan areas in China - this time for Stern Magazine. You can see some of the pictures and the tear sheet here.

In Marts I covered the Tibetan unrest in China for Newsweek. You can see some of the pictures and the tear sheet here.

Picture story from the opening of the 11th National People's Congress in The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. See it.

I just arrived back in Shanghai after three weeks on assignment in Niger. This image is from the marriage of a 15 year old girl named Oma in the Hausa-village of Gabi. More pictures will be published this spring.

I'm on assignment in Niger from January 26 until February 18th, 2008. The first time I visited was back in 2005, during the worst food crisis this poor country had experienced in more than 20 years.

This time I'm going back together with 'Care International' and a Danish student NGO named 'Operation Dagsværk'. The aim is to raise money for schools and education for kids in Niger so they will be able to break the cycle of poverty.

Picturestory: Food Crisis in Niger, 2005
Care International
Operation Dagsværk (Danish)

I recently joined the Getty Images team available for Global Assignments.

My online portfolio.
Contact Getty Images

"Beijing 2008, building/ rebuilding" is the story about one of the biggest transformations that a city capital has ever experienced. A visit to the Olympic sites; witness world class architecture and the migrant workers who are building it all... So far published in Der Spiegel and Børsen Pleasure-Magazine. Take a tour....

New book 'Asien Buldrer' by Jan Lund and Jørgen Ørstøm Møller.
Front cover photo from Shanghai by me. See it or Buy it.

Pictures from my overpopulation story are now being published as part of a campaign in the Philippines by "U.P. Population Institute".

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Henning Larsen Foundation has arranged an international photography competition on "the soul of architecture", from spatiality in modern architecture to inspired innovations in architectural photography.

Together with photographer Casper Balslev, I received an award for our long-term project on Outsourcing in Denmark.

Selected photographs are displayed at an exhibition at Tuborg's administration building , the Rosen building , Strandvejen 54 in Hellerup, Denmark from 22 August to 2 September. The exhibition will be open every day from 14 to 18.
See Outsourced picture story here
www.spaceimage.dk

The Amazonas picture-story will be showed at the 12th Festival Voies Off, which will take place from July 3rd to 7th in Arles, France.
www.voiesoff.com

Tear sheets // FOTO8 // AMAZONAS

Earlier this year I shot the 2006 Annual Report for PKA - one of Denmark's major pension funds. The idea was to show the daily life of Danish kids. (Text only in Danish) See pictures here

The long-term project "Outsourced - End of the Industrial Revolution" is now being published in FAGBLADET. Together with photographer Casper Balslev I have documented companies compounds which were left empty in Denmark after their production has been outsourced to other countries.
See picture story here // FAGBLADET // Tear sheets

My ongoing picture story AMAZONAS won the Kravling-award 2007 given to a young journalist or photojournalist in Denmark.
AMAZONAS // Kravling-award (danish) // Tear sheet, Politiken

I decided to move to Shanghai,China to take a deeper look at the country - its economic boom and the consequences of it.
I am available for freelance assignments in Shanghai, Beijing, China and the rest of the region.

Mit billede fra en fødeklinik i Filippinerne er blevet Årets Pressefoto 2006-7. Billedet er fra en reportage om overbefolkning i Filippinerne. En reportage der desuden vandt en anden plads i feature kategorien.

My picture from a maternity ward in the Philippines was selected as the best picture of the year 2006-7 in the Danish Press Photo of the Year contest. The picture is from a story about overpopulation in the Philippines. This story was also awarded with a 2nd place in best feature of the year.
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Overpopulation in Manila, the Philippines: Picture story and article
Årets Pressefoto (Danish)

The story about overpopulation in the Philippines received an Award of Excellence at this year's Picture Of The Year (POYi) in the 'Issue Reporting Picture Story' category.
POYi

Once again this year I received the 3rd prize in 'DAYS JAPAN - International Photojournalism Award'. This time it was for the story about overpopulation in Manila, the Philippines.
See picture story here: Overpopulation in Manila, the Philippines
Article here
Days Japan -International photojournalism award

The Scanpix-prize is given to a photojournalist for the best Bachelor Project at The Danish School of Journalism.
My bachelor project AMAZONAS is a personal voyage into the wilderness of the Amazon.
Scanpix-prize
The Danish Scool of Journalism
Læs begrundelse her (Danish)

Today I graduated from The Danish School of Journalism where I have been studying Photojournalism for the last four years. My bachelor project AMAZONAS is a personal voyage into the wilderness of the amazon in South America. It's an ongoing book project.

From February I will be working freelance based in Shanghai, China.

Pictures from my story about overpopulation in Manila, Philippines will be part of a group exhibition on humanitarian photography. In 2007, the exhibition will be on display in Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands, Germany and Japan.
Médicos del Mundo
Luis Valtueña Int. Humanitarian Photographic Award
Overpopulation in Manila, The Philippines

Too many people. Too little space.
With every passing second, there are more and more of us. By the year 2050, the global population is expected to pass nine billion people, a significant increase from the six-and-a-half billion today. In the Philippines, they are already running out of space. The capital of Manila is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world.
* Photo story: Overpopulation in Manila
* Article: "Too many people. Too little space" (English)
* Tear sheets

With Freedom Came Poverty – a reportage from Moldova
Moldova was one of the richest states in the former Soviet Union. Today it’s the poorest country in Europe. 34 percent of the population survive on less than 1,70 Euro a day. But the European Union (EU) is getting closer to Moldova. When Moldova’s neighbour Romania joins, it will be just next door. That may be as soon as in January 2007. Published in Euroman, November 2006.
See photo story here and article here

Øjenvidner 2006/ Eyewitness 2006.
Photos of the year by the photographers from Politiken.
Photo book and exhibition in Øksnehallen, Copenhagen from November to December the 4th. Together with the annual World Press Photo exhibition.
Buy book here

This august Mads Nissen represented Denmark in the Asia-Europe Forum for young photographers.
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), World Press Photo Foundation (WPPF) and the Philippine Center for Photojournalism (PCP) co-organised the Asia-Europe Forum for Young Photographers 2006 in Manila, Philippines, bringing together 21 young photojournalists from Europe and Asia. More pictures will be released in late september.

This summer Mads Nissen has been working for the Danish national newspaper Politiken. See some of the pictures here.
More summer work at Politiken
Summer work at Politiken
www.politiken.dk

Mads Nissen will participate in a Médecins du Monde exhibition, about forgotten crisis at Visa pour l’image in Perpignan, from the 2nd to the 17th of September 2006, on the esplanade in front of the Palais des Congrès. His contribution will be a picture of a woman who lost eight children during the food crisis in Niger 2005.
www.medecinsdumonde.org

This summer Mads Nissen will work for the Danish national newspaper Politiken. Some of the pictures will be showed HERE.

After a short visit to Istanbul, Turkey this Easter, a few new pictures are now released as part of the ongoing project from the city that straddles the border between Europe and Asia. See Story.

Mads Nissen received Honorable Mention for his story about the foodcrisis in Niger -the poorest country in the world.
The Honorable Mention was given in the 'Daily Life -picturestory category' in China International Press Contest (CHIPP).
See links:
Current news about the foodcrisis in East Africa and Niger from MSF
Foodcrisis in Niger -The picturestory
China International Press Contest (CHIPP)

New book by Michael Jeppesen and Anders Lund Madsen 'Hold masken eller der falder brænde ned'.
And Front cover photo by Mads Nissen.

It has been called 'The Suicide Skyscraper', 'A Vertical Village', and 'The Perfect 'Domus Vista' - The home with a view; with its 29 floors rising 102 meters above ground. It is the tallest residential building in Denmark. Inside every window is a different story.
Published in Politiken the March 11th 2006.
See the Picturestory here. And Tearsheets here

Mads Nissen won the third prize in 'Days Japan, International Photojournalism Award', for his story about the foodcrisis in Niger -the poorest country in the world.
See links:
Current news about the foodcrisis in East Africa and Niger from MSF
Foodcrisis in Niger -The picturestory
Days Japan -International photojournalism award

Demo in Aarhus, Denmark for peace, respect and understanding between cultures.

Ny hjemmeside. Nye billeder.
Sammen med en ny hjemmeside, kan jeg præsentere en ny reportage fra det afrikanske land Niger. Landet har siden sidste vinter været ramt af akut fødevarekrise, og er fornyligt udnævnt til verdens fattigste land. Reportagen blev bragt i Politiken PS, 27 december. Du finder historien her.

Den nye hjemmeside består først og fremmest af en række reportager, men du vil også kunne finde portrætbilleder, tearsheets fra aviser og magasiner. Derudover vil der jævligt blive lagt nyheder på, med blogs og løse billeder der også fortjener at blive vist. God Fornøjelse.

Mads Nissen

Øjenvidner 2005.
I forbindelse med udstillingen World Press Photo i Øksnehallen, vises et uddrag af billederne fra bogen "Øjenvidner. 2005 som Politikens fotografer så det". Bogen kan købes her.