Capture Your City 2022: Soul of the City
Exhibition
Jun 9 - Oct 2, 2022
Explore the 56 photos who are awarded as the best in the photo contest Capture Your City. For the 7th time in a row you can experience great photographs taken by photo enthusiasts in all ages.
The exhibition showcases photos that communicates the stories of the city. With this year’s theme is Soul of the City Danish Architecture Center wished to get the Danes’s view, of what makes a city special to them. What makes one city different from the next? What’s special about your city? And where does its soul reside? Is it in the buildings? In the atmosphere? In the old or in the new?
Danish Architecture Center has received over 5,300 photos from architecture photographers, photo enthusiasts and schoolchildren from all parts of the country, showing how architecture forms the framework of the lived life. One thing that recurs in this year’s submitted photos is a form of recognizability and security. These are photos that contain both something old and something new, as well as showing encounters between past and present.
Locations:
June 9 – October 2: Bryghuspladsen at BLOX
June 9 – June 31: Allinge, Bornholm
July 1 – July 30: Dokk1, Aarhus
August 1 – August 31: Sønderborg in front of the libary
September 1 – Oktober 2:Faaborg/Ringe libary
Photo: Tanja Zhigalova Tanja Zhigalova
The jury states: “A winning photo one remembers – it is beautifully composed and definitely not boring. The contrast between the elderly lady quietly enjoying her newspaper in the morning sun and the large patriarchal statue holding its tablet is delightful. The lady with the newspaper is not dominated by the looming statue but coexists with it in the finest way. The soul here is indefinable and emerges in the encounter between the city’s history and the everyday life being lived.”
Photo: Sophie Juliane Lydolph Sophie Juliane Lydolph
The jury states: “The photo strikes right at our notions and preconceptions of what a city actually is. At first glance, one might not think it’s a city, but on closer inspection it becomes clear. A photo that shows the city’s soul can be many things. With global urbanization, we are used to thinking of cities in larger scale, big volumes, and fairly uniform architecture. But here we see wooden houses and icebergs – something entirely unique to Nuuk and to the city’s soul.”
Photo: Sally Storm Sally Storm
The jury states:“A timeless, simple photo where we can’t quite tell whether we’re in the 1970s or in 2022. It captures a state, a soul, and a mood that can be found in many Danish provincial towns – not just in Urbanplanen on Amager, where the photo was taken. It shows an image of the city’s soul that is not the typical postcard view. Here, it is not the historic buildings in the sunshine that are captured, but the characteristic buildings from the 1960s, which we see in many Danish towns.”
Winners
Winners – School Contest
Photo: Kaya Lund Jørum Kaya Lund Jørum
8., Stokkebækskolen
The jury states: “The soul of the city is its center – and everyone meets at the local shop! It is a very plain and simple photo, yet it contains many stories. Stories about life in smaller towns, which can hold strong communities, but perhaps also a longing to leave.”
Photo: Caleb Romby, Malthe Degn Kristiansen Caleb Romby og Malthe Degn Kristiansen
5.B. Dueholmskolen
The jury states: “A beautifully composed photo – open to many interpretations. Is the basketball court the city’s soul and gathering place? Or is something breaking apart here? The leaves are blowing away, and the hoop’s net is torn. Is this a place one wants to be, or a place to leave behind? Has the soul disappeared?”
Photo: Julie Clarisse Bjørnskov Julie Clarisse Bjørnskov
7. A. Gråsten Skole
The jury states: “An intriguing image that, with its sharp contrast between the everyday bus stop and the grand house across the street, creates a narrative space. Where is the bus headed? Who lives in the house, and what life has been lived between these two places? In youth, we often move from point A to point X – and who hasn’t stood waiting for the bus in a place like this?”
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The Jury
Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen has worked both in front of and behind the camera for many years. In her work as a photographer, she has done photo shoots for both fashion magazines and commercial jobs, as well as directed music videos. She is also ambassador for a number of organizations, including the UN Refugee Agency.
Maren Uthaug
Maren Uthaug is a critically acclaimed author of the novels Where There Are Birds and A Happy Ending, among others. In addition to her work as an author, Maren Uthaug is an illustrator for Politiken with the comic strip Ting jeg gjorde. Maren Uthaug has received many awards, most recently the Danish reader’s choice award, Læsernes Bogpris 2020.
Maja Dyrehauge
As CEO of Copenhagen Photo Festival, Maja shines a spotlight on international art and documentary photography. To Maja, photography is important because it has become an everyday language that everyone responds to and uses.
Anders Hjerming
Anders won the 2nd Prize in the Capture Your City contest in 2021 with a photo depicting the frozen lakes in Copenhagen. The jury described the photo as a strong snapshot of the Corona reality where the authorities tried to establish order but people still moved freely. This year Anders will be at the other side of the table as part of the jury!
Tanya Lindkvist
Tanya is responsible for exhibitions and activities at Danish Architecture Center and has sat on the jury for Capture Your City for a number of years.
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