John Vink
John Vink (born February 3, 1948 in Ixelles / Elsene in the Brussels region ) is an award-winning Belgian photographer and member of the Magnum photo agency . He mainly devotes himself to longer projects.
Live and act
In 1968 John Vink studied photography in Brussels at the École de la Cambre (College of Art and Architecture, founded in 1925 by Henry van der Velde.) In 1971 Vink began working as a freelance photojournalist. He was mainly concerned with social projects in developing countries.
Between 1982 and 1984 he found his motifs in Italy . Then he documented the efforts of the inhabitants of the dry Sahel zone to manage water for the Water for Sahel project . He photographed and filmed for two years in Niger , Mali , Burkina Faso and Senegal . For this documentary he was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Prize for Humanistic Photography in 1986 .
From 1987 to 1993 he mainly dealt with the situation of refugees. He also photographed their camps in India , Mexico , Thailand , Pakistan , Hungary , Iraq , Malawi , Bangladesh , Turkey and Sudan .
From 1993 to 2000 he worked on the Peuples d'en Haut project , which describes life and traditional cultures in the remote mountain regions of Guatemala , Laos and the Georgian Caucasus region .
From 1989 on he traveled to Cambodia again and again . He took up permanent residence there in 2000. He documented the Khmer Rouge ; showed attempts to achieve education for everyone and made the problem of rural residents without land ownership clear with his photo documentation.
John Vink is quoted as saying: A photographer can only point things out. They can only be changed by people in general.
In 1997 he became a full member of the Magnum photo agency.
Awards
- 1986: W. Eugene Smith Prize for Humanistic Photography for the photo documentation Waters for Sahel .
Fonts
- With Christian Caujolle: Italy's 1989 ISBN 978-2903082444
- In collaboration with Doctors Without Borders : Réfugiés . Published by Center national de la photographie, France. ISBN 978-2867540899
- With Sotahanrith Kong and Frederic Amant: 20 Ans à Phnom Penh , ISBN 978-2862272627
literature
- Volume 41 of Magnum Photos: Grands Fotógrafos / John Vink . Salvat Verlag 2008, ISBN 8447105792
- Anthology 30 by Magnum Photos: Great Photographers : 7 Days in Myanmar , Edition Didier Millet 2014, p. 200
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vink, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vinck, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ixelles / Elsene |