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Brief David is a Danish photojournalist whose work concentrates on social issues. He is a two-time World Press Photo award winner as well as the recipient of numerous other international awards in photojournalism. David is based in Shanghai and represented by reportage by Getty Images. Contacts For general inquiries call or email senior photo editor Annick Shen: +1-646-613-4248, annick.shen@gettyimages.com For assignments call or email Sarah Hughes: +1-646-613-4455, sarah.hughes@gettyimages.com For feature sales call or email Christina Cahill: +1-646-613-4187, christina.cahill@gettyimages.com To get in touch with me, drop me a line on mail@davidhogsholt.com or call: China: +86 1350 1750 670 / Thailand: +66 89 044 3580 / Denmark: +45 2652 2952 Bio 00: Born in the little town of Skælskør. Calendar said 1975. Daddy wore cowboy boots and Mom looked like Pocahontas. 04: Moved to a bigger one: Copenhagen. 21–25: Worked odd jobs so that I could go skiing in the winters and sailing in the summers. 24: Started photographing, assisted photographers (actually made less coffee than ol’ school color prints) and was happily frustrated attending Fatamorgana – an art photography school in Copenhagen. From hereon started to flatter The Girl working in my bank regularly. It is hard work and the results meager. 25–29: Being in art photography school made me even more determined to be a photojournalist. No pun intended. Moved to Århus and ran after the bus every morning. When I didn’t catch it, I pretended to be early for the next one. Passed the days at the Danish School of Journalism – a concrete slab housed in an industrial area. Good for the urge to get into real life and great for headaches. Moved back to Copenhagen for an 18-month internship at Berlingske Tidende – a Danish broadsheet daily. Great to be in a place that actually published pictures and even did important stories. Moved back to Århus to finish my degree at the concrete slab. As my teacher saw me growing pale, he sent me to Hanoi as the school’s representative at a Asian-Europe workshop for young photographers. 30: Won my first World Press Award the day after my birthday (or before, don’t remember – I got drunk) and only days after finishing school and moved to Copenhagen, once again. Unfortunately, the bank had promoted The Girl and the New Guy was even harder to impress. Then I got a job at a tabloid and the guy in the bank started calling me with loan propositions. The tabloid thing didn’t work out. I felt I betrayed the kind of photographer I had worked so hard to become. 31: Found myself freelancing for lifestyle and trade magazines to sustain personal long-term projects. Becoming a freelancer made The Guy In The Bank turn on a dime and become even harder to talk to. Even winning my second World Press Award didn’t help. Awards are nice. I do like recognition, but I wish one could pay for gear and trips with diplomas. It can’t, but shooting a major campaign for a Danish cell phone provider brought a considerable change in the tone from the bank and facilitated a move east – more on this later. 32: Walking up and down Manhattan meeting editors at magazines I always wanted to see my work published in. Having coffee and doing captions surrounded by amazingly clever, sweet and talented people in my agency’s office. Feels like home. Moved to Bangkok. Rent is cheap, food is great and I love the region. Friends are almost exclusively photographers and the occasional writer – but hey, that’s nothing new. Started freediving and when in Bangkok I practice breath-holds in bed (no, it is not a sexual thing!) and caress my long fins (no, still not sexual) waiting to get them back into the water. 33: Moved to Shanghai. Rent is a bit more, but stories abundant. Two things are very different from Bangkok: You can/should not tip in restaurants or taxis and the place has seasons - The aircons here can also generate heat! Awards 2007________Danish POY, 1. Prize, International News Story 2007________Featured in Communication Arts and American Photography 2007________Best of Photojournalism, Honorable Mention in Enterprise Picture Story 2006________World Press Photo, 2. Prize, Portraits Singles 2007________Pictures of the Year, 2. Prize, Magazine Portrait 2007________Pictures of the Year, 3. Prize, Magazine Issue Reporting Story 2007________Best of Photojournalism, 3. Prize in Enterprise Picture Story 2007________PDN’s30, PDN’s Choice of Emerging Photographers to Watch 2005________World Press Photo, 3. Prize, Contemporary Issues Stories 2007________Pictures of the Year, 3. Prize, Issue Reporting Story 2004________Best of Photojournalism, 2. Prize, Feature Picture Story 2007________Winner of the English Ian Parry Scholarship 2007________Fuji Press Photographers Award, 1. Prize, Feature Return