Jonas Bendiksen GREENLAND. Oqaatsut. 2018. Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the yo (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Paulus Gabrielsen, a hunter- and fisherman out hunting for grouse and rabbit. Many young people, especially women, move to the capital city of Nuuk, or abroad, to find opportunities outside of the (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Ivalo Olsen, originally from Ilulissat, currently works as the village teacher. She dreams of becoming a psychologist, which means she would have to study in Denmark or elsewhere. Oqaatsut. Greenla (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Two men leaving by dogsled for the nearest town of Ilulissat, a two-hour dogsled ride away. Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Gree (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Playground set in the snow. Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the y (...)
Jonas Bendiksen A woman takes her daily exercise walk across the frozen bay next to Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants. The village faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's sma (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the younger generation leaves for (...)
Jonas Bendiksen A man crosses a crack in the ice in the inner harbor of Ilulissat. The town is a major hub for Greenlandic fisheries. Many young people, especially women, move to the capital city of Nuuk, or abroa (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the younger generation leaves for (...)
Jonas Bendiksen View of the town of Ilulissat, Greenland's third largest town (pop 4,400) with an iceberg floating in the fjord. The town is a major hub for Greenlandic fisheries. Ilulissat. Greenland. 2018. © Jon (...)
Jonas Bendiksen View of the town of Ilulissat, with an Air Greenland aircraft in the sky. The town is a major hub for Greenlandic fisheries. Ilulissat. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with suppor (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Young people play around on an iced-up hillside with one of Nuuk's newer apartment neighborhoods in the background. Greenland's population is becoming more and more urbanized, as more people leave (...)
Jonas Bendiksen One of the older apartment buildings of Nuuk. Greenland's population is becoming more and more urbanized, as more people leave a traditional lifestyle and move to the city. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Twins Sara and Stina Olsvig, 16, who are both planning to go abroad to Denmark to go to school for a year, to what is known in Denmark as 'Efterskole'. In both their current classes, about half th (...)
Jonas Bendiksen GREENLAND. Nuuk. 2018. In Greenland's capital Nuuk (pop. 17,500), newer apartment buildings catch the last rays of sunset. Greenland's population is becoming more and more urbanized, as more people (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Crosses of one of Nuuk's cemetaries. Greenland has the highest youth suicide rate in the world, over 100 suicides per 100,000 people. Most of these are in the age group 15-24y. The causes of this i (...)
Jonas Bendiksen In Greenland's capital Nuuk (pop. 17,500), newer apartment buildings catch the last rays of sunset. Greenland's population is becoming more and more urbanized, as more people leave a traditional li (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Sisters Julia and Vivi Knudsen, who fish and hunt in much of their free time, out hunting grouse. They often went out with their father who was a fisherman, and have always loved the outdoors. Whil (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Nive Nielsen, a Greenlandic singer, musician and actor in her home in Nuuk. Having lived abroad for most of her life after high school, she has returned to Greenland to give birth to twin girls, to (...)
Jonas Bendiksen All the four pupils at Oqaatsut's school, during recess. Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as many of Greenland's smaller communities - can t (...)
Jonas Bendiksen GREENLAND. Oqaatsut. 2018. All the four pupils at Oqaatsut's school, with their teacher Ivalo Olsen. Oqaatsut, a small village of about thirty inhabitants faces the same existential question as man (...)
Jonas Bendiksen Greenland's population is becoming more and more urbanized, as more people leave a traditional lifestyle and move to the city, which now has around 17,500 inhabitants. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © Jona (...)
