JENS JUUL SIX DEGREES OF COPENHAGEN

BBA Gallery is pleased to present acclaimed Danish photographer Jens Juul’s solo exhibition ‘Six Degrees of Copenhagen’ as part of the 10th edition of the European Month of Photography (EMOP) in Berlin. This photographic series encapsulates a project spanning 10 years in which Juul utilises his signature black and white photography style to explore the lives of various eclectic Copenhageners in intimate detail.

Based on the six degrees of separation theory, which states that no two people are more than six social connections apart, Jens Juul creates a vulnerable portraiture series with the people that he meets in his everyday life as the subjects. He begins the process by approaching a stranger in Copenhagen and asking to take their picture. In the privacy of their own environment, the subject and photographer build a relationship and develop a story that is mediated by the photographer’s lens and captured in a single image. The subject then refers to someone that they know for Juul to continue the series with. Once six linked protagonists have been photographed in this way, the process then begins again.

‘Six Degrees of Copenhagen’ is a deeply moving and thought-provoking exhibition that explores the unique vulnerability of us as individuals but also the inevitable connectedness of the human experience that unites us all.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jens Juul (b. 1963, Denmark) began his career as a painter before eventually discovering his true passion, photography. His distinctive black and white portraiture technique soon gained him traction in the international photography world. Juul has won many awards including the Magnum Photography Award and the Sony World Photography Award in the portrait category. He was also awarded the Grand Prize Winner Award in 2016 for the International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY).

BBA Gallery discovered Jens Juul through the international open call for the 2021 BBA Photography Prize. He was nominated as the first prize winner by an international jury in Berlin. His solo show is part of the gallery’s mission to support emerging artists as they continue to develop their careers. We are delighted to be sponsored by MPB and a part of EMOP with Jens Juul as our spotlight example of European photographic excellence.