DISKO BAY, Tagensvej 181, Street tv, Copenhagen (2025)

27/11/2025

We are unbelievably proud to finally present Maputo Diary, a deeply personal and visual masterpiece by the Danish photographer and filmmaker Ditte Haarløv Johnsen (). The book brings together 25 years of photographic work from Mozambique’s capital, Maputo — the city where Haarløv Johnsen herself grew up during the civil war and has subsequently returned to over the past two decades.  Through 121 photographs, accompanied by diary notes and new texts, the book portrays life, love, and survival among people living on the margins of society, blending social documentary with artistic investigation in images of friends, family, and everyday moments in Maputo. At its heart lies Haarløv Johnsen’s friendship with the “Manas” (“Sisters”) — a group of transgender individuals, many of whom are no longer alive. Maputo Diary stands as both a personal testimony and a universal story — one that finds beauty, dignity, and humanity even in life’s most vulnerable moments.

The book is a clothbound debossed hardcover with ribbon and two different set of papers. 232 pages and 22 × 26,50 cm, edit & sequence by Stinus Duch and Ditte Haarløv Johnsen with design by , Introduction and diary notes by Ditte Haarløv Johnsen herself and a beautiful text by Eliana N’Zualo. Everything in both English and Portuguese and printed by the legendary munks at .

Join us later today for the grand release party in Copenhagen! Opening speech by P***e Sigsgaard, live music by Perlemor and DJ Kipanga will keep our feet moving all night. Books and beer will be free flowing. We hope to see you for a night to celebrate – bring good friends! The book is now available on our website and hopefully in your favorite bookshop real soon distributed worldwide by our friend at , DBK in Denmark and in UK.

Thanks to everyone involved in the proces of making this book.

16/11/2025

We didn’t win, but you can still catch the last day of the book exhibition on the balconies of the Grand Palais. We are still immensely proud of the nomination. The jury wrote:

Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø’s life changed forever in 2012, when the young Danish photographer fell from a bridge and broke her back. Rendered paraplegic, she was later diagnosed with a cellular abnormality and subjected to more than one hundred operations. Jersø’s experience in and out of the hospital would become the physical and psychological landscape of Frida Forever, a bracing, clear-eyed chronicle about sickness and survival that never once veers into the realm of despair. In the book, she mixes photographic styles—diaristic close-ups and poised self-portraiture—and in her work broadly, she summons as an inspiration Frida Kahlo, who continued to paint even as she was bedridden due to spinal surgeries. (Their shared first name is a startling coincidence.) The purple leatherette cover is a reference to Jersø’s “purse obsession,” as she notes in memoir-style captions—a purse, which she bought while in the hospital, is seen hanging from an IV trolley as if through X-ray. Some readers may flinch at the depiction of scars and blood, but they serve as proof of existence. “I want people to experience some discomfort when looking at my pictures and to feel an appropriate amount of death anxiety,” she writes.

Shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture First PhotoBook Award

Frida Forever by Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø
Disko Bay, Copenhagen
Design by Spine Studio

11/11/2025

Disko Bay is extremely proud to present our forthcoming book Maputo Diary by , now available for pre-order.

Maputo Diary brings together 25 years of photographic work from Mozambique’s capital portraying life, love, and survival among people living on the margins of society through images of friends, family and everyday life in Maputo.

The book is presented internationally this Friday in Paris at with a signing at 5pm and officially launched 27 November in Copenhagen with a grand release party – where we hope to see many of you!

For now the book is available for pre-order on our website and soon in your favorite bookshop distributed worldwide by our friend at , DBK in Denmark and in UK. The first 50 pre-orders on www.diskobay.org comes signed by the artist and is shipped so you have it on release date.

We look forward to showing you this masterpiece.

10/11/2025

Discover our book signings this week at ✍️. See you for rendez-vous in the pavilion table P54.

Thursday 13th
17:00, , ‘Triple Seven‘

Friday 14th
17:00, , ‘Maputo Diary’ (first presentation)‘
18:00, , ‘Self Reflection’

Saturday 15th
16:00, , ‘Looking at My Brother‘
17:00, .lisa, ‘Frida Forever‘ (Shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture First PhotoBook Award)
18:00, , ‘HRTLND‘

📍Polycopies, Bateau Concorde-Atlantique - Berges de Seine, Port de Solferino - 75007 Paris

07/11/2025

Join us for the Copenhagen book release of Ditte Haarløv Johnsen’s long awaited monograph ‘Maputo Diary’ 27 November from 5-10 pm. Opening speech by P***e Sigsgaard, live music by Perlemor and DJ Kipanga will keep our feet moving all night. Books and beer will be free flowing. We hope to see you for a night to celebrate.

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Maputo Diary is a deeply personal and visually arresting monograph by Danish photographer and filmmaker Ditte Haarløv Johnsen. The book brings together 25 years of photographic work from Mozambique’s capital, Maputo — the city where Johnsen grew up herself. Through 121 photographs, accompanied by diary notes and new texts, the book portrays life, love, and survival among people living on the margins of society blending social documentary and artistic investigation through images of friends, family and everyday moments in the Mozambican capital. At its heart lies Johnsen’s friendship with the “Manas” (Sisters) — a group of transgender individuals.

Maputo Diary stands as both a personal testimony and a universal story — one that finds beauty, dignity, and humanity even in life’s most vulnerable moments.

📍Thursday 27 November 5-10pm at 5e, Slagtehusgade 5E, Copenhagen V

04/11/2025

See you next week in Paris at aboard the boat Concorde-Atlantique from 12-16 November 🇫🇷. Come have a chat and leaf through our many new releases. We’ll be bringing a wide selection of past and current titles including a long time expected one by and .lisa’s Frida Forever shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture First PhotoBook Award. Great offers and free tote bags can be expected as always. We can’t wait to see you all again ❤️.  Book signings at the Disko Bay table:

Thursday 13th
17:00, , ‘Triple Seven‘

Friday 14th
17:00, , ‘Maputo Diary’ (first presentation)‘
18:00, , ‘Self Reflection’

Saturday 15th
16:00, , ‘Looking at My Brother‘
17:00, .lisa, ‘Frida Forever‘ (Shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture First PhotoBook Award)
18:00, , ‘HRTLND‘

30/10/2025

Reposted from

New Danish Photography 02
Published by Disko Bay ()

The second issue of New Danish Photography brings together twelve photographic series by some of Denmark’s most vital image-makers, including Anders Birger, Michella Bredahl, Mads Nissen and Anne Lass. Their works reflect a time of global and digital transformation, inviting us to slow down and look closely.

Published by Disko Bay, Copenhagen’s leading independent photobook publisher, the series continues the imprint’s commitment to platforming both emerging and established voices in Nordic photography.

Edited by Emil Ryge, Jacob Haagen Birch and Stinus Duch, and designed by Spine Studio, New Danish Photography 02 stands as both a document and reflection of contemporary Danish photography.

📸Image 1: Frederik Danielsen
📸Image 2: Anne Lass
📸Image 3: Mads Nissen
📸Image 4: Louise Herrche Serup & Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker
📸Image 5: Michella Bredahl
📸Image 6: Peter Funch
📸Image 7: Oliver Thrane

25/10/2025

Woow! Thanks for fantastic release of ‘New Danish Photography 02’ yesterday. So great to see so many turning up - and thanks to and for helping out ❤️.

The book is now available online and in selected bookstores.

24/10/2025

OUT NOW! We are thrilled to present the second issue of our photographic journal ‘New Danish Photography 02’, featuring series by , , , , , .lisa, & , , , , and .

This new issue captures a moment of profound global and digital transformation. As traditional institutions falter and our digital lives are shaped by opaque algorithms and AI-generated content, this printed journal offers an act of resistance: real, human stories told through powerful photographic work. From intimate portraits to scenes of societal fracture, each series invites us to slow down, look closely, and reengage with a reality that still matters.

We have gathered 12 photographic series, each unfolding in their own way moments that might offer a glimpse of understanding and meaning. These vastly different photographers represent a selection of what we think is the best and most vital photography in Denmark right now.

New Danish Photography is established by , and and published every other year since 2023. The aim is to look beyond the dichotomy between art and documentary photography as a place to gain our bearings and take stock of Danish Photography right now.

The book is a large screen printed OTA-bind softcover with a tip-in image on the back containing 256 pages with 177 plates in full color and a preface by all beautifully designed by Spine Studio. Each series is twenty pages including an introduction of each project in Danish and English.

Join us for the launch party in Copenhagen later today from 17.00-22.00 for beers, music and books in our new studio and soon to be bookshop at Hørsholmsgade 24, Nørrebro. The book is now available on our website and hopefully in your favorite bookshop real soon distributed worldwide by our friend at , DBK in Denmark and soon via in UK.

21/10/2025

After 25 year in the making we finally printed ’s masterpiece MAPUTO DIARY! The book is released next month at and in Copenhagen late November. Thanks to everyone involved in making this book.

06/10/2025

Vi glæder os til at se jer om nogle uger til Launch Party: New Danish Photography #02 ❤

07/08/2025

“This book is a testament to life in hospital—the physical place to which you are sent when ill. This is where I spend much of my time. But above all, it is about me, Frida. I turn the camera to myself not only because I am often alone, but because my sick body, with its scars, metal implants and all its fragility, is the landscape I know best. It is my specialty.”

Excerpt from the foreword of ‘Frida Forever’ by .lisa. Grab the book on our website today shipping worldwide 🌐.

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