Photographer Marie Hald: The Stories That We Need to Hear | Louisiana Channel

“I want to go on the fringe of society and see what happens there. It’s often these people who have a story that we need to hear because maybe we don’t hear these stories so often.”
We met Danish photographer Marie Hald (b. 1987) for a generous and personal talk about her works, career and artistic mission. “I knew from very early on that I wanted to be a photographer.”
Hald was very young when she got accepted into the prestigious Danish School of Media and Journalism to study documentary photography. “I really like images that are not staged and are very close.” Hald describes herself as a storyteller who primarily works in reportage series and portraits, bringing focus to strong women and marginalized groups.
“We have come to a place in history, where my images of sexworkers and fat-activists are allowed to hang next to the kings and queens.”
Marie Hald was born in 1987 in Aalborg, Denmark and studied photojournalism at The Danish School of Media and Journalism and later at The International Center of Photography, ICP in New York City. Marie Hald has won a World Press Photo Award, The Danish Picture of the Year and many other international prizes for her long-term project documenting the life of a Danish mother working in the sex industry. Hald has exhibited at museums such as Haus der Photographie der Deichtorhallen, Hamburg to Nobel's Peace Center in Oslo.
In 2018, she exhibited her first solo exhibition, 'A New Me’ 2018, at Fotografiska, The Swedish Museum of Photography and has been featured as one of the six new talents worldwide discovered by the World Press Photo Foundation. In 2022/23, she published the book 'FEMININ' and opened the solo exhibition 'Marie Hald - Exposed' at The Museum of National History, Denmark.
Marie Hald was interviewed by Helle Pagter in April 2023. The interview took place in Marie Hald’s studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Camera: Jakob Solbakken
Edited and produced by: Helle Pagter
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2023
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[@ccbphoto]

Thanks so much for introducing this photographer to me and the rest of the world! Brilliant work….

[@carolinep1281]

There is astonishing courage in your work and on your subjects' parts. Thank you for sharing your vulnerability with us. I can deeply realate being in my early 20's and thinking I was hideous or grotesque. In hindsight, I can see how beautiful and innocent I was. I do still deal with these thoughts temporarily but I am grateful that I no longer hold this burdensome belief. All the best to you😊

[@allendrexel7622]

This is marvelous! Thank you for making it available to us.

[@kimberleymcdonald1663]

wow. beautiful work. right up there with the kings and queens, love it.

[@raghavendraj3758]

😮 Fantastic Marie Hald...

[@shannonkringen]

Love this

[@PsicCarlosFernandoBravo]

What a beautiful interview, thank you.

[@mcds1122]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@noizephoto]

Incredibly powerfiul work. props from Tokyo

[@marioandrelima]

Beautiful work!

[@fabianthaesler1317]

Great! Thanks for sharing! :-)

[@VictorAffaro]

beautiful work and interview

[@delpierro0815]

Great photos - on an emotional and on a technical level. New fan here ;)

[@majazdelar7633]

Beautiful work

[@Andrewsgriffiths]

Excellent.

[@byvishalns]

This is beautiful ❤

[@mamumonkan]

anybody here remember Rineke D. !?!

[@OlafSager]

SLUDDER Quae nugae sunt homines creantis semper mundum mutare se putant. In fine, plerique iusti sciunt quod mundus mutat nos...

[@SlavaVeres]

❌ It’s disappointing to see suggestive pornographic images on such a reputable channel. ❌ IT’S NOT ART

[@stephenhurling]

There is nothing pornagraphic here. It's just like looking at your own body in a mirror.

[@goldfinch2283]

Wow! You really seem to have a serious problem! There is no pornography in these images.

[@JJ_Photo]

Did we see the same video? Since when is nudity the same as porn? Maybe its just you, and not the rest of the world. And who are you to define what art is, in the first place? Come on...

[@Wilsnap]

Good work. As much as I enjoy some of her work, being fat is really bad for your health and everyone who is overweight should do everything they can to reduce their weight.