Jacob Ehrbahn (1970) lives in Espergaerde outside Copenhagen, Denmark with his wife Louise and their daughter Anna (2004).

1990-1993: Educated press photographer from Danish School of Journalism with an apprenticeship with the daily local newspaper Helsingør Dagblad for 3 years.

1994-1997: Worked as a freelance photographer in Copenhagen.

1997-2003: Staff photographer with the daily Danish national newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Since Oct. 2003: Staff photographer with the daily Danish national newspaper Politiken.

Recent photo essays: Afghanistan October, 2003. Mongolia June, 2004. Texas, USA, October, 2004.

Among awards he has been elected as Photographer of the Year in Denmark 2001.
This year he won a 2nd price in World Press Photo and a second place as Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Picture of the Year International competition.

At the moment he is working on a dummy for a book about children living in the streets of Ulan Bator, Mongolia.