Fogtdal Photographers Award Explained

The Fogtdal Photographers Awards (Danish: Fogtdals Fotografpriser) is the largest awards programme dedicated specifically to Danish photography. It was established in 2004 by Danish publisher Palle Fogtdal. The awards programme consists of an Honorary Award, rewarded with DKK 250,000, and five other awards, each rewarded with a travel grant of DKK 50,000. Every year the winners are presented in an exhibition at Fotografisk Center in Copenhagen.^[1]

Fogtdal Honorary Award laureates

Year	Laureate
2004	Viggo Rivad
2005	Keld Helmer-Petersen
2006	Krass Clement
2007	Kirsten Klein
2008	Morten Bo
2009	Jacob Holdt
2010	Marianne Grøndahl

Fogtdal Award laureates

2008

In 2008 the five winners were:^[1]

• Liv Carlé Mortensen
• Torben Eskerod
• Peter Funch
• Kajsa Gullberg/Fryd Frydendahl
• Camilla Holmgren

2009

In 2009 the five winners were:^[2]

• Mads Gamdrup
• Tove Kurtzweil
• Finn Larsen
• Trine Søndergaard / Nicolai Howalt
• Signe Vad

See also

• Photography in Denmark
• List of European art awards
• List of photography awards

External links

• Fotografisk Center

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fogtdals Fotografpriser 2008. Selskabet for Dansk Fotografi. 2010-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130942/http://www.sdf.dk/article.php?id=198. 2011-07-19. dead.
2. Web site: Fogtdal Fotografpriser 2009. Fotografisk Center. 2010-02-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100227031745/http://www.photography.dk/fogtdal.html. 2010-02-27.