Kristof Vadino is a freelance photojournalist working for Belgian and international media. Publications include De Standaard, Le Monde, BBC, Elsevier and De Tijd among others. He also works for the ngo,'s Doctors of the World. Doctors Without Borders, Handicap International.
In 2016 he received the Nikon Press Photographers Award in the categorie stories, was elected Lensculture Emerging Photographer, and received the 2nd prize of Life Framer. He was also a finalist for the Rencontres d'Arles Festival Voies-Off, the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant and the Brussels Street Photography Festival.
In 2014-2016 three grants gave him the opportunity to work on longterm projects. Fund Pascal Decroos for reporting on the textile workers of Cambodia. Fund Filip Decock for documenting the eco-sustainibility of Tonle Sap Lake. And an International Development Reporting Grant for documenting the role of wastepickers in recycling plastic into 3D filament.
In his approach to the subject he tries to be as intuïtive as possible.
Paralyzing fear one day, boredom the next; joy, then doubt and anguish…waiting to hear their fate, refugees experience strangely conflicting emotions, often in a single day.
