1. Justin Mott was born on 1978 and is an American photographer living in Vietnam.
16 Facts About Justin Mott
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Justin Mott is known for his wildlife photojournalism and conservation photography documentary work on the northern white rhinos featured in the Washington Post and featured in a Leica Witness global campaign.
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Justin Mott is currently working on a long-term, self-funded project, Kindred Guardians, documenting people all over the world who dedicate their lives to helping animals.
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Justin Mott was the resident professional photographer on Photo Face-Off, a reality TV show on History Channel for 5 seasons in which Mott competes against and judges amateur photographers throughout Southeast Asia.
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Justin Mott moved to San Francisco in 1999 and studied photojournalism at San Francisco State University from 2002 to 2006.
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Justin Mott was selected to the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2007.
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Justin Mott was heavily influenced by Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths' book Agent Orange: Collateral Damage in Viet Nam.
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In 2005 Justin Mott traveled to Vietnam to work on his own documentary project about Agent Orange victims.
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Justin Mott's project, titled "Legacy of Horror", was later published in Newsweek, awarded the Marty Forscher Fellowship for humanistic photography by the Parsons School of Design in New York, and published in the PDN Annual Photography Awards Issue.
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In 2007 Justin Mott moved to Hanoi to work as a photojournalist.
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Justin Mott has been working as a contributing photographer for The New York Times in Southeast Asia since 2007.
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Justin Mott has photographed over 100 diverse assignments for the Times covering a wide spectrum of topics throughout the region.
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In 2009, Justin Mott founded Justin Mott Visuals, a commercial photography and video production house based in Vietnam.
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In 2013 Justin Mott's work "Changing Face of Vietnam" was featured on the BBC.
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In 2019 Justin Mott started an online photography educational platform ASKMOTT and accompanying YouTube channel.
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Justin Mott is currently working on a long term personal project titled "Kindred Guardians" dedicated to photographing the stories of people around the world who dedicate their lives to animal welfare and animal conservation.