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CPOY 73 Domestic Picture Story Award of Excellence: Twenty Seconds of Peace

Life on the street is an eternal fight. Defeat, prejudice and the biting cold is everyday life. Martin is one of those living their life in the cold. Dreams, needles and love carries him through the night and day. Martin is homeless, a drug addict and in love. Social inequality in Denmark is on the rise. Never have there been more young people living on the streets. The city of Aarhus alone now have more than 700 registered homeless people under the age of 29.

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November 29, 2017
Martin often gets lost from Lina. They have no phones or watches, so they just keep looking around, while begging for money. They often sleep in the underground carparks. The further down, the warmer it is.
Jens Hartmann Schmidt / Danish School of Journalism
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