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civil disobediance

emilryge — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:36:50 +0000

hello world!

yes, i’m still here. the blog has been quiet, but i’ve been pretty busy. one on the reasons posting has been slow, is that i haven’t been shooting a lot.

since august i’ve taken a tv class and have been trying to find up and down in all of this. it’s been extremely interesting, but also very confusing. what is embedded below is the result, a 20 minute documentary on civil disobedience during the climate summit in copenhagen, COP15.

we follow in the heels of an activist as he takes part in one of the major protests outside the bella centre where the summit took place. through interview he elaborates on his reasons for taking part in political activism, and we talk to a law professor and a political philosopher.

so far it’s in danish and without english subtitles. sorry.

enjoy!

working conditions

emilryge — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:53:01 +0000

the magazine journalisten, published by the danish journalism union, recently ran a story claiming that the massive media presence at roskilde festival was merely an excuse for partying with fellow media people. i’m not in a position to say what other people were doing, but i do know, that we were working pretty damn hard.

here’s a few ‘behind the scene’ shots of the condition we were working under. i wasn’t able to see above any of the stages, so i had to stand on my toes or find something to stand on… i really should write a letter to the festival and ask, why the pit has to be so low…?

even more roskilde (and now the party’s over…)

emilryge — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:23:41 +0000

i’m back at work in copenhagen, going though my harddrive. here’s a few i didn’t post already.

more from roskilde festival (the party continues)

emilryge — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:34:37 +0000

roskilde day 1

emilryge — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:40:36 +0000

here’s a few pictures from the first day of the festival. it’s hot here. very hot. but lots of great music and happy (and slightly drunk) people around. my colleauge, niels, also made a slideshow with shots of some of the people attending the festival. that can be seen here.

if only i dressed this good..

emilryge — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:34:11 +0000

… i would probably have a real job.

grandparents for asylum

emilryge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:30:21 +0000

at the moment app. 70 iraqi asylum seekers have taken refuge in a danish church. having been denied asylum, they are trying to avoid being send out of the country and back to iraq.

a protest was organized to put pressure on the danish politicians to give asylum to these refugees, some of which has been in the country for up to eight years. the event was organized by a group called “grandparents for asylum”.

that’s probably the coolest name of an organization i’ve ever heard.

smallish demo

emilryge — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:27:41 +0000

yesterday a group of protesters gathered outside bella centeret to show their opposition to the world business summit on climate change. only 300 people where there, but out of those, 72 managed to get arrested.

this was a very small preview of what will come when copenhagen hosts the climate summit in december.

find the kid in the tree

emilryge — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:00:58 +0000

looking for fun in the middle east

emilryge — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:13:36 +0000

im in jerusalem, on assignment for the paper.

the pope also decided to stop by. that means getting stuck in crazy traffic. which again means shooting from the car your stuck inside.