John Vink

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Profession:	Photojournalist
Location:	Phnom Penh, Centre Of The Universe, Cambodia
Home base:	Phnom Penh
URL:	http://www.johnvink.com/
Email:	•••••••• (private)
Languages spoken:	English, Flemish, French, some Italian, some Spanish, some German
Organization:	Magnum Photos
Mobile phone (while in Phnom Penh, Centre of the Universe):	•••••••• (private)
Mobile phone:	+85512 988 455
Emergency notes:	Contact Magnum Photos0153425000.
Blood type:	AB+
Last login:	12 days ago
Member since:	02 Dec 2005 03:12

About

John Vink was born in Belgium in 1948. He studied photography at the fine arts school of La Cambre in 1968 and is a free lance journalist since 1971. He joined Agence Vu in Paris in 1986 and won the Eugene Smith Award for his work on Water in Sahel that same year. Between 1987 and 1993 he completes a major work on refugees in the world and becomes a nominee at Magnum Photos in 1993. He becomes a full member of Magnum Photos in 1997. He is based in Cambodia since 2000, a country he visits since 1989.