Henk Jonker, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henk Jonker

Dutch photographer

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1912

Date of Death: 24-Sep-2002

Profession: photographer, painter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hendrik Peter "Henk" Jonker (Berkhout, 23 November 1912 – Amsterdam, 24 September 2002) was a Dutch photographer.
During World War II, he documented the impact of the German occupation of the Netherlands and after the war he started a press agency.
Praised for portraying "ordinary people and small moments", his work appeared internationally in publications such as Time and Der Spiegel and was included in the 1955 exhibition The Family of Man; particularly notable are his photographs taken during the North Sea Flood of 1953.