Justin Jin Explained

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.

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 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

• 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

His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.^{[5] [20]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wal . Tris van der . 25 October 2022 . Northern Netherlands 'Hero of Hydrogen' in photo document by award-winning photographer Justin Jin . 2 March 2024 . New Energy Coalition . en-US.
2. Walsh . Bryan . 1 July 2015 . Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic . 2 March 2024 . . en.
3. Web site: 6 January 2024 . Justin Jin . 2 March 2024 . . en.
4. Web site: Callier . Viviane . 17 December 2020 . Shorter quarantines could actually help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks . 2 March 2024 . . en.
5. Web site: McNally . Paul . 26 February 2017 . Picture this: Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels . 2 March 2024 . . en.
6. Web site: 20 May 2016 . Justin Jin CreativeMornings/Brussels . 2 March 2024 . CreativeMornings . en.
7. https://www.poy.org/70/02/ae01_01.php 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. Web site: Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020 .
10. https://www.justinjin.com/portfolio/publications/eiszeit-am-baikal-geo/ "Eiszeit am Baikal"
11. https://hydrogeneurope.eu/h2-talks/heroes-of-h2/ Heroes of Hydrogen series webpage
12. https://hydrogeneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2022_H2Europe_HeroesOfH2_DIGITAL_CONFIDENTIAL_REDUCED.pdf Heroes of Hydrogen
13. Web site: 21 December 2021 . Justin Jin, China/Belgium . 2 March 2024 . UNICEF.
14. https://www.schwoererverlag.de/index.php/9-publikationen/36-hansel-mieth-preis-2009 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. https://www.panos.co.uk/news/adam-dean-wins-pictures-of-the-year-international-awards/ Adam Dean and Justin Jin win Pictures of the Year international awards
17. Web site: Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020 .
18. https://www.unicef.de/informieren/aktuelles/photo-of-the-year/contest-2023/honorable-mentions-2023 UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023: Honorable Mentions
19. https://poy.org/80/winners.html Pictures of the Year International 80 | The Winners List
20. Justin Jin Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake, 2008