Justin Jin
Justin Jin (born 1974)[1] is a Hong Kong-born Belgian photojournalist.[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
[edit]- 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 first "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.[5][20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wal, Tris van der (25 October 2022). "Northern Netherlands 'Hero of Hydrogen' in photo document by award-winning photographer Justin Jin". New Energy Coalition. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b Walsh, Bryan (1 July 2015). "Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic". Time. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Justin Jin". South China Morning Post. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Callier, Viviane (17 December 2020). "Shorter quarantines could actually help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks". National Geographic. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b c McNally, Paul (26 February 2017). "Picture this: Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Justin Jin | CreativeMornings/Brussels". CreativeMornings. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Zone of Absolute Discomfort
- ^ Justin Jin, The workers searching for gas in the icy Russian Arctic – a photo essay, The Guardian, 28 February 2022
- ^ "Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020".
- ^ a b "Eiszeit am Baikal" (text in German)
- ^ Heroes of Hydrogen series webpage, with pdfs
- ^ Heroes of Hydrogen, 2022
- ^ "Justin Jin, China/Belgium". UNICEF. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2009
- ^ Sein ist die Rache, Die Zeit, August 2008, no. 36: p. 1, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6.
- ^ Adam Dean and Justin Jin win Pictures of the Year international awards
- ^ "Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020".
- ^ UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023: Honorable Mentions
- ^ Pictures of the Year International 80 | The Winners List
- ^ Justin Jin Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake, 2008
External links
[edit]- 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