If you’re seeking motivation or know how about becoming a photojournalist, Tim Page’s story may just inspire you.

The award winning, British born Page has covered major conflicts across the globe, had a character based on him in Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now, has written at least nine books, has photographs in places like The Smithsonian and The Imperial War Museum and won awards such as the Robert Capa and American Society of Media Photographers.

So even if you haven’t heard of him, you’ve probably seen his images. So how did it all begin?

Page, 65 years, began life with itchy feet, cycling all the way around Scandinavia when he was just 14 years. At 17 he left for Amsterdam where he worked in a chewing gum factory, the Heinken brewery and even as a hash smuggler. But he soon split from there and drove a Volkswagon combi across to Asia until it blew up in India in 1962. He then…

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And been there he has, in Vietnam, Kossovo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Lebanon. He’s also been wounded four times by a landmine, shrapnel and even friendly fire.

Page at the Requiem exhibition at the War Remnants Museum, Saigon by Peter Stuckings

Page’s most recent journey took him to Afghanistan to train promising young students in photojournalism. But he probably became best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War, work that has become iconic and featured in books such…

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Page is a veteran of seven wars and has covered conflicts in Vietnam, Kossovo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Lebanon.

Page said “the chance to mentor Afghan photojournalists is an awesome privilege, to promote their skills and passions, so they can do the job that we have usually been assigned to do”.

The students covered the country’s democratic elections in August and honed their skills in Page’s class. The group of six included two female photographers who learnt how to edit, angle, crop, use lighting and document their country’s people and history. The course also included digital photography, laws and ethics, photo essays and visual storytelling.

The students graduated in October 2009. The results of their photos…