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

• 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 photobook.^[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]