Justin Jin (born 1974)[1] is a Hong Kong-born photojournalist based in Belgium.[2] He is a journalist for the South China Morning Post[3] and a photographer for the National Geographic.[4]
Jin attained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and his master of arts in political science at Cambridge University.[5][6] Jin started his career as a correspondent for Reuters.[5]
Notable works
- 2012: Zone of Absolute Discomfort, about Russian Arctic (POYi award)[7] It is a work about gas extraction in Northers Siberia, created during several visits over the previous decade[8][2]
- 2020: Jens Mühling (text), Justin Jin (photos), "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")[9][10]
- 2022: Heroes of Hydrogen, a photoboook.[11] The 2022 book covers four stories: about decarbonization efforts of Swedish steelmaker SSAB; about a French energy entrepreneur Thierry Lepercq, founder of Solairedirect; on how "a Croatian team invents a machine that turns faeces and other wastes into hydrogen-rich gas"; and about the rirst "hydrogen valley" in the Netherlands.[12] In 2022 King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was presented with the first copy by Hydrogen Europe and New Energy Coalition.[1]
- 2023:China: the high-achieving child, on the childhood policies of China[13]
Awards
- 2009: Hansel Mieth Prize for "Sein ist die Rache" ("His Is Revenge") by Erwin Koch (text), Justin Jin (photos), about the military conflict in Caucasus published in Die Zeit[14][15]
- 2013: Pictures of the Year international (POYi) (for 2012): Award of Excellence in the Science and Natural History, Picture Story category for his work on the Russian Arctic, Zone of Absolute Discomfort[16]
- 2020: Hansel Mieth Prize for "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")[17][10]
- 2023: China: the high-achieving child was nominated for the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award and received the honorable mention.[18]
- 2023: Pictures of the Year international (POYi) (for 2022): Award of Excellence in the Environmental Vision category for his series Fuel of the Future, Now about hydrogen-based energy[19]
Personal
References
External links
- https://www.justinjin.com/
- Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels, an interview, 26 February 2017
- Justin Jin | Interview, about Zone of Absolute Discomfort
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