Human Destinies On The Edge Gallery and Lecture

Mikkel Hørlyck, conflict photojournalist and visual artist

Autobiography/Selvbiografi: Human Destinies On The Edge/Menneskeskæbner på kanten

Visionary: Human Destinies On The Edge Gallery and Lecture (2016-ongoing)

Booking: mikkelhorlyck@gmail.com for lecture and exhibition of Human Destinies On The Edge/Menneskeskæbner på kanten.

Mention: "Mikkel Hørlyck (b. 1990) has dedicated himself to working on a great human story ‘Human Destinies On The Edge’ about conflict in the world, as a photojournalist and visual artist, where he travels around the world to create in-depth projects about harsh living conditions and personal stories. His stories are on war, climate changes, migration, poverty, orphanage, Jørgen - who was a drug addict for over 40 years, as well as helmet footage from when human lives are saved, and much more.

The common denominator for all photojournalistic projects is the study of the will to survive of those portrayed, where universal emotions bind the projects together, at intersections, of gender, population groups, vulnerable people, nations and lives.”

Vision and CV for future events.

Omtale: "Mikkel Hørlyck (f. 1990) har dedikeret sig til at arbejde med en stor menneskefortælling ‘Menneskeskæbner på kanten’ om konflikt i verden, som fotojournalist og visuel kunstner, hvor han rejser rundt i verden, for at lave dybdegående projekter om hårde livsvilkår og personlige fortællinger. Hans historier er om krig, klimaforandringer, migration, fattigdom, børnehjem, Jørgen - der var misbruger i over 40 år, samt hjelmoptagelser fra når menneskeliv reddes, og meget mere.

Fællesnævneren for samtlige fotojournalistiske projekter er undersøgelsen af de portrætteredes vilje til at overleve, hvor universelle følelser binder fortællingerne sammen, på kryds og tværs, af køn, befolkningsgrupper, udsatte, nationer og liv."

Lectures in Paris, France at Spéos International Photography School.

Receiving 'Discovery Of The Year' 2019 at The Lucie Awards in New York City at Carnegie Hall, USA.

Working on the photojournalistic project 'Hell's Mouth' in Kharkiv, Ukraine during their war with Russia. Photograph by Dmytro Liashko, local producer.

'Hell's Mouth' (2024) at Danish Television TV2 - Good Morning Denmark and Good Evening Live. From the war in Ukraine with Russia.

'Mikkel Hørlyck Exhibition' (2016-ongoing)

'A Deadly Narrative Exhibition' (2016-ongoing)

'Timeless Exhibition' (2023-2029)

'Infinite Exhibition' (2023-2027)

'No Man's Land Exhibition' (2021-2024)

'Jørgen, a Mystery - The Resurrection Exhibition Permanent' (2014-2021)

Store Of Works

'A Deadly Narrative Book'

'Jørgen, a Mystery - The Resurrection Book'

Documentary Human Destinies On The Edge / Dokumentar Menneskeskæbner på kanten

'Somalia Independency'. Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'Hell's Mouth'. Part of 'No Man's Land (2021-2024) - 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'Building The Future' (2023). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'For Ceasefire' (2023). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029)

'Above The Mountains' (2023). Part of 'No Man's Land' (2021-2024)

'The Mercilessness Of The Sea' (2022-2023). Part of 'No Man's Land' (2021-2024) - 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'Jørgen, a Mystery' (2016-2021). Part of 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'The Neglected' (2016). Part of 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'No Man's Land' (2021-2024). Part of 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'A Question of Proportionality' (2021). Part of 'No Man's Land' (2021-2024)

'Overlooked And Loved' (2025). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'A Life Worth Dying For' (2020)

'Anorexia Nervosa' (2018). Part of 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'A Warrior' (2023). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029)

'King Frederik of Denmark' (2024). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029)

'Floodings Denmark' (2025). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

'Red Code' (2024). Part of 'Infinite' (2023-2027) - 'Timeless' (2023-2029) - 'A Deadly Narrative' (2016-ongoing)

Exhibitions and Publications - Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan

'War Battles' International long-term project

'Lethal Climate Changes' International long-term project

Lecture Human Destinies On The Edge/Menneskeskæbner på kanten at Kibæk Photo Club - Photograph by Jørgen D. Verstergaard

'The Mercilessness Of The Sea'. My GoPro helmet camera video from a critical rescue 1 January 2023 with Doctors Without Borders.

'Hell's Mouth'. My tilted down GoPro helmet camera video during the rescue of a man who survived the missile attack on his home from the Russian military. His wife and child died. Kharkiv, East part of Ukraine.

'Jørgen, a Mystery'. Jørgen Pedersen and Mikkel Hørlyck at Aarhus University Hospital. Few days before Jørgen Pedersen's passing. Photograph by Kerstin, nurse at Aarhus University Hospital.

Jørgen (61) lies dead and in peace at the chapel at Skejby Hospital. Part of Jørgen’s last will contained that he wished that one of his angels should be placed on his chest on his way to heaven.

His mother Inger visited Jørgen on the 4th of September. Jørgen couldn’t barely talk. Suddenly, the sun shined on his room and Inger began to sing: “In the east the sun rises''. Jørgen found strength and spirit. He sang with her. After Inger’s visit, Jørgen fell asleep. He never woke up again.

“He was a beautiful, smart and persistent human being. His will was made of steel. Like his mothers,” says the nurse Kerstin, who knew Jørgen for many years. "He was a very educated man," says Thorleif, a friend from primary school, whom Jørgen has been in touch with ever since.

Six weeks after Jørgen’s death, his mother Inger (88) died.