| Dirk-Jan Visser |
 © Darko Stanimirovic
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| The Netherlands |
Dirk-Jan Visser (30), the Netherlands, is a news and documentary photographer based in Rotterdam. He works freelance for different media, focusing on social, economic and political issues around Europe. In his own projects, Dirk-Jan aims to raise awareness of contemporary social issues worldwide.
His work on the Zimbabwean exodus won a number of awards, including Dutch Photojournalist of the Year 2007, and was used by the Human Rights Watch lobby to help bring about a change of asylum policy in South Africa towards Zimbabweans. Dirk-Jan considers this to be the greatest achievement of his career.
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