Joachim Ladefoged is a Danish photographer born in 1970.
He has worked as a professional photographer since 1991 and is a member of the international photo agency VII. Today he works for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsweek and TIME.
Over the years Joachim Ladefoged has received numerous awards for his work from institutions such as Visa D'Or, World Press Photo, POYi, Eissie, and Agfa, as well as Picture of the Year in Denmark. He has been named one of Photo District News' 30 emerging photographers to watch and he has participated in the Joop Swart Master Class at World Press Photo.
In 2000 he published his book Albanians that pictures the turbulent life of the Albanians between 1997 and 1999. In February 2008 he published his latest monograph Mirror about bodybuilders, and has just finished directing his first Art-Documentary film about bodybuilders that will be launched in early 2009.
With VII he has contributed to two major book projects: Tsunami: A Document of Devastation and Forgotten War: Democratic Republic of Congo. Joachim Ladefoged has exhibited his work in several solo and group exhibitions all over the world and is represented in the collection of the Danish Royal Library. He teaches regularly at the Danish School of Photojournalism.
Joachim Ladefoged is credited with being one of the driving forces behind the new wave of Danish photojournalism.
(read less)Joachim Ladefoged is a Danish photographer born in 1970.
He has worked as a professional photographer since 1991 and is a member of the international photo agency VII. Today he works for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsweek and TIME.
Over the years Joachim Ladefoged has received numerous awards for his work from institutions such as Visa D'Or, World Press Photo, POYi, Eissie, and Agfa, as well as Picture of the Year in Denmark. He has been named one of...
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