Justin Jin

Justin Jin (born 1974) is a Hong Kong-born Belgian photojournalist. He is a journalist for the South China Morning Post and a photographer for National Geographic.

Jin attained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and his master of arts in political science at Cambridge University. Jin started his career as a correspondent for Reuters.

Notable works

2012: Zone of Absolute Discomfort, about Russian Arctic (POYi award) It is a work about gas extraction in Northers Siberia, created during several visits over the previous decade
2020: Jens Mühling (text), Justin Jin (photos), "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")
2022: Heroes of Hydrogen, a photobook. 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. In 2022 King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was presented with the first copy by Hydrogen Europe and New Energy Coalition.
2023: China: the high-achieving child, on the childhood policies of China

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
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
2020: Hansel Mieth Prize for "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")
2023: China: the high-achieving child was nominated for the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award and received the honorable mention.
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

Personal

His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.

References

1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 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".
1 2 "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

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

[hoh2-1] 1 2 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.

[time-2] 1 2 Walsh, Bryan (1 July 2015). "Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic". Time. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[3] "Justin Jin". South China Morning Post. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[4] Callier, Viviane (17 December 2020). "Shorter quarantines could actually help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks". National Geographic. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[:0-5] 1 2 3 McNally, Paul (26 February 2017). "Picture this: Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[6] "Justin Jin | CreativeMornings/Brussels". CreativeMornings. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[7] Zone of Absolute Discomfort

[8] Justin Jin, The workers searching for gas in the icy Russian Arctic – a photo essay, The Guardian, 28 February 2022

[9] "Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020".

[Eiszeit_am_Baikal-10] 1 2 "Eiszeit am Baikal" (text in German)

[11] Heroes of Hydrogen series webpage, with pdfs

[12] Heroes of Hydrogen, 2022

[13] "Justin Jin, China/Belgium". UNICEF. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[14] Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2009

[15] Sein ist die Rache, Die Zeit, August 2008, no. 36: p. 1, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6.

[16] Adam Dean and Justin Jin win Pictures of the Year international awards

[17] "Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020".

[18] UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023: Honorable Mentions

[19] Pictures of the Year International 80 | The Winners List

[20] Justin Jin Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake, 2008