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 (...)
unger generation leaves for the city?
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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 (...)
traditional lifestyle. Traditional Greenlandic life has always revolved around hunting and fishing, activities that in many ways have been male dominated. Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
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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 (...)
nland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the younger generation leaves for the city? Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
ounger generation leaves for the city? Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
ller communities - can the community survive if the younger generation leaves for the city? Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
the city? Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
d, to find opportunities outside of the traditional hunting and fishing activities. Ilulissat. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
the city? Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
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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 (...)
a traditional lifestyle and move to the city, which now has about 17,500 inhabitants. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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. © (...)
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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 (...)
e students will go abroad after the summer break. The Greenlandic student association says that of students who go abroad, only about half return to Greenland afterwards to live. Sara says she wants to become and architect, while Stina wants to be an airline crew. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
leave a traditional lifestyle and move to the city.
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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 (...)
s an amalgam of many different factors, from family absue, alcoholism etc. But researchers also point to that many people have difficulties finding their place in the crossroads between the traditional Greenlandic and modern lifestyles. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
festyle and move to the city. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
e hunting and fishing have traditionally been the domain of men, they go against the grain and have a network of female friends who share their passion for hunting and fishing. Both sisters have lived in Denmark for several years but decided to return and live their lives in Greenland, closer to nature. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018.
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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 (...)
gether with her American partner Charlie. Nive is known from the band The Deer Children. Nuuk. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
he community survive if the younger generation leaves for the city? Pupils left to right: Inunnguaq (12), Marie (9), Malik (6) and Aka (6). Oqaatsut. Greenland. 2018. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
y of Greenland's smaller communities - can the community survive if the younger generation leaves for the city? Pupils left to right: Inunnguaq (12), Marie (9), Malik (6) and Aka (6).
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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 (...)
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