Justin Mott (born 1978) is an American photographer living in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. Mott specializes in editorial and commercial photography and is the founder o
Mott Visuals
production house based in Vietnam. He is also known for his wildlife photojournalism and conservation photography documentary work on the northern white rhinos featured in the Washington Post and featured in
Leica Witness
global campaign. He 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. He was the resident professional photographer on ''Photo Face-Off'', a reality TV show on

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for 5 seasons in which Mott competes against and judges amateur photographers throughout

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

Early life and education

Mott was born in Rhode Island in 1978. He moved to San Francisco in 1999 and studied

photojournalism Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

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from 2002 to 2006. He was selected to the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2007. In 2007 he moved to Vietnam full-time.

Career

Mott was heavily influenced by Magnum photographer

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' book ''Agent Orange: Collateral Damage in Viet Nam''. In 2005 Mott traveled to

to work on his own documentary project about

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victims. His project, titled "Legacy of Horror", was later published in ''

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'', awarded the Marty Forscher Fellowship for humanistic photography by the

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in New York, and published in the PDN Annual Photography Awards Issue. In 2007 Mott moved to

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

to work as a photojournalist. He has been working as a contributing photographer for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' in Southeast Asia since 2007. Mott has photographed over 100 diverse assignments for the ''Times'' covering a wide spectrum of topics throughout the region. In 2009, Mott founde
Mott Visuals
a commercial photography and video production house based in Vietnam. In 2013 Mott's work "Changing Face of Vietnam" was featured on the BBC. In 2019 Mott started an online photography educational platfor
ASKMOTT
and accompanyin
YouTube channel.
In 2019 his personal project photographing the beauty of Vietnam was featured i
National Geographic
In 2020 Mott's conservation photography documentary of the last northern white rhino was featured in Leica's Globa
Witness Campaign.
Mott is currently working on a long term personal project title
"Kindred Guardians"
dedicated to photographing the stories of people around the world who dedicate their lives to animal welfare and animal conservation. * Awards * 2019: IPA International Photography Awards. Kindred Guardians series documenting the plight of the last two remaining northern white rhinos. * 2008: Marty Forscher Fellowship for humanistic photography by the

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. PDN Annual, NPPA, CPOY, and the

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. *2013: One Shot – Extraordinary category of

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, international.

Television

References

External links

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