Rasmus Flindt Pedersen was born in Odense, Denmark in 1981. He studied media science at university but stoped midway when he was accepted onto the photojournalist course at the Danish School of Media and Journalism. After graduating in 2011 he has worked as a freelance photojournalist based in Copenhagen.
He won the Danish Photo of the Year in 2018, was named Editorial Photographer of the Year at the 2018 International Photography Awards and has won several other awards for his work in Iraq and documenting the refugee crisis in Europe.
