Mads Nissen
Mads Nissen is a Danish documentary photographer and winner of the 2015 World Press Photo of the Year.Life and work
Nissen was born on November 17, 1979 in Hobro, Denmark. He completed his studies at the Danish School of Journalism in Copenhagen.
From 2004 to 2006 he worked as a staff photographer for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and subsequently as a freelance photojournalist for Newsweek, Time, Der Spiegel, Stern and The Sunday Times. He has documented the food crisis in Niger, overpopulation in the Philippines, and the Amazon rainforest.Publications
Publication by Nissen
- Amazonas. Gyldendal, 2013..
Publication with contributions by Nissen
- A New Documentary. The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, 2013..
Awards
- 2006: Third Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.
- 2007: Third Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.
- 2007: Danish Press Photo of the Year.
- 2010: Danish Press Photo of the Year.
- 2011: World Press Photo Award, World Press Photo, Amsterdam, for a Libyan fighter standing on a burning tank.
- 2011: Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Photography Grant.
- 2015: World Press Photo of the Year for a photograph of two gay men in St Petersburg, from a series on homophobia in Russia.
Exhibitions
- 2006: Forgotten crisis, Médecins du Monde, Visa pour l'Image, France.
- 2007+2009: Luis Valtueña Humanitarian Photography, Several European countries.
- 2008+2010+2012+2014: Lumix Photo Festival, Hannover, Germany.
- 2009: Chobi Mela V, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2009: Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Netherlands.
- 2010+2011+2012+2013+2014: Personal Projects, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2011+2012: Visa pour l’image, France.
- 2012: Ashes and Gold, Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany.
- 2012: Nordox, Shanghai, China.
- 2013: Festival dela Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy.
- 2014: Amazonas solo exhibition, Freelens Gallery, Hamburg.
