The Belgian photographer was born on February 3, 1948, in Ixelles/Elsene in the Brussels region. In 1968, he began to study Photography at the École de la Cambre in Brussels (former Institut supérieur des Arts décoratifs, founded by Henry van der Velde in 1925). In 1971, he began to work as a freelance photojournalist. In 1985, he began his collaboration with the French newspaper, Libération. Vink was a founding member of the Agence VU; a full member of Magnum Photos from 1997 to 2017; and later, of the MAPS agency. Many of his works are long-term projects, focusing on social projects in developing countries and the situation of refugees. He lived in Cambodia from 2000 to 2016, and now works as a freelance photographer in Brussels.
