{{Short description|Hong Kong-born photojournalist (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} '''Justin Jin''' (born 1974)<ref name=hoh2>{{Cite web |last=Wal |first=Tris van der |date=25 October 2022 |title=Northern Netherlands 'Hero of Hydrogen' in photo document by award-winning photographer Justin Jin |url=https://www.newenergycoalition.org/en/northern-netherlands-hero-of-hydrogen-in-photo-document-by-award-winning-photographer-justin-jin/ |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=New Energy Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref> is a Hong Kong-born Belgian photojournalist.<ref name=time>{{Cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Bryan |date=1 July 2015 |title=Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic |url=https://time.com/3934453/documenting-the-hard-life-in-russias-frozen-arctic/ |access-date=2 March 2024 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> He is a journalist for the ''South China Morning Post''<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2024 |title=Justin Jin |url=https://www.scmp.com/author/justin-jin |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> and a photographer for the ''National Geographic''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callier |first=Viviane |date=17 December 2020 |title=Shorter quarantines could actually help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/shorter-quarantines-could-help-prevent-coronavirus-outbreaks |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=National Geographic |language=en}}</ref>
Jin attained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and his master of arts in political science at Cambridge University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McNally |first=Paul |date=26 February 2017 |title=Picture this: Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels |url=https://www.thebulletin.be/picture-justin-jin-being-documentary-photographer-brussels |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=The Bulletin |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2016 |title=Justin Jin {{!}} CreativeMornings/Brussels |url=https://creativemornings.com/talks/justin-jin |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=CreativeMornings |language=en}}</ref> Jin started his career as a correspondent for Reuters.<ref name=":0" />
==Notable works== *2012: ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort'', about Russian Arctic (POYi award)<ref>[https://www.poy.org/70/02/ae01_01.php ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort'']</ref> It is a work about gas extraction in Northers Siberia, created during several visits over the previous decade<ref>Justin Jin, [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/28/wild-north-pioneers-on-energy-politics-coldest-battle-front-a-photo-essay-gazprom-arctic-siberia The workers searching for gas in the icy Russian Arctic – a photo essay], ''The Guardian'', 28 February 2022</ref><ref name=time/> *2020: Jens Mühling (text), Justin Jin (photos), "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.schwoererverlag.de/index.php/9-publikationen/70-hansel-mieth-preis-2020 | title=Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Eiszeit am Baikal">[https://www.justinjin.com/portfolio/publications/eiszeit-am-baikal-geo/ "Eiszeit am Baikal"] (text in German)</ref> *2022: ''Heroes of Hydrogen'', a photobook.<ref>[https://hydrogeneurope.eu/h2-talks/heroes-of-h2/ ''Heroes of Hydrogen'' series webpage], with pdfs</ref> 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.<ref>[https://hydrogeneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2022_H2Europe_HeroesOfH2_DIGITAL_CONFIDENTIAL_REDUCED.pdf Heroes of Hydrogen], 2022</ref> In 2022 King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was presented with the first copy by Hydrogen Europe and New Energy Coalition.<ref name=hoh2/> *2023: ''China: the high-achieving child'', on the childhood policies of China<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2021 |title=Justin Jin, China/Belgium |url=https://www.unicef.de/informieren/aktuelles/photo-of-the-year/contest-2023/-/justin-jin/344394 |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=UNICEF}}</ref>
==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''<ref>[https://www.schwoererverlag.de/index.php/9-publikationen/36-hansel-mieth-preis-2009 Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2009]</ref><ref>''Sein ist die Rache'', ''Die Zeit'', August 2008, no. 36: [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew p. 1], [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew/seite-2 p. 2], [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew/seite-3 p. 3], [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew/seite-4 p. 4], [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew/seite-5 p. 5], [https://www.zeit.de/2008/36/DOS-Witalij-Kalojew/seite-6 p. 6].</ref> *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''<ref>[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]</ref> *2020: Hansel Mieth Prize for "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in Baikal")<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.schwoererverlag.de/index.php/9-publikationen/70-hansel-mieth-preis-2020 | title=Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Eiszeit am Baikal"/> *2023: ''China: the high-achieving child'' was nominated for the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award and received the honorable mention.<ref>[https://www.unicef.de/informieren/aktuelles/photo-of-the-year/contest-2023/honorable-mentions-2023 UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023: Honorable Mentions]</ref> *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<ref>[https://poy.org/80/winners.html Pictures of the Year International 80 | The Winners List]</ref>
==Personal== His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.<ref name=":0"/><ref>Justin Jin [https://www.justinjin.com/stories/walking-on-thin-ice/ Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake], 2008</ref>
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==External links== *https://www.justinjin.com/ *[https://www.thebulletin.be/picture-justin-jin-being-documentary-photographer-brussels Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels], an interview, 26 February 2017 *[https://granta.com/interview-justin-jin/ Justin Jin | Interview], about ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jin, Justin}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian photojournalists Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:Hong Kong emigrants