Virginie Nguyen Hoang
Photojournalist
Hans Lucas
Bruxelles, Belgique
Virginie Nguyen Hoang graduated in 2011 from IHECS (L’Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales), Brussels, where she studied journalism. She also spent a semester at the Danish School of Media and Journalism to sharpen her photojournalism skills.
In 2011, with Frederic Pauwels and Gaëtan Nerincx, she founded the HUMA collective, which emphasizes social issues and advocates a humanistic approach to photography.
Between January 2012 and August 2014, she had been working as a photojournalist and multimedia producer for the Egyptian newspaper Egypt independent then for the online newspaper Mada Masr in Cairo. In 2012, she also became a member of the Studio HansLucas and a stringer for AP then AFP.
In the past year Virginie has worked in Vietnam, Egypt, Libya,Gaza and Syria, focusing on long-term projects linked to social exclusion. She's now based in Brussels but mainly working in the Middle-east.
2016 - Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre , 2015 - Prix Roger Pic de la SCAM, 2014 - Nikon Press Award Belgium, 2014 - Photography show and Magnum Photo, 2012 - Nikon Press Award Belgium, 2011 - Nikon Press Award Belgium, 2010 - Tremplin photo de l'EMI-CFD
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Editorial
- Interview
- Military embed
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video editing
Syrian war
Virginie Nguyen Hoang
Hundred of Syrians, mainly children, were demonstrating in the area of Alkaterji, north-east of Aleppo on a Friday, December 2013. They were singing against Bashar Al Assad and it's regime.
At that time in Aleppo, bombings could happen at any time, especially where there was big gathering in the streets. December 2012
Gaza, the aftermath
Virginie Nguyen Hoang
Gaza Shejaya: Yamen celebrates his first birthday with his cousin and his sister. He was born during the war 2014 while his house was already completely destroyed by an airstrike. For his birthday, his parents got the news that the rebuilding of his home will happens the week after. August 12, 2015.
