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)Zone of Absolute Discomfort It is a work about gas extraction in Northers Siberia, created during several visits over the previous decadeJustin Jin, The workers searching for gas in the icy Russian Arctic – a photo essay, The Guardian, 28 February 2022 2020: Jens Mühling (text), Justin Jin (photos), "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")"Eiszeit am Baikal" (text in German) 2022: Heroes of Hydrogen, a photobook.Heroes of Hydrogen series webpage, with pdfs 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.Heroes of Hydrogen, 2022 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 ZeitHansel-Mieth-Preis 2009Sein ist die Rache, Die Zeit, August 2008, no. 36: p. 1, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6. 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 DiscomfortAdam Dean and Justin Jin win Pictures of the Year international awards 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.UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023: Honorable Mentions 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 energyPictures of the Year International 80 | The Winners List
Personal His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.Justin Jin Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake, 2008
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