Contemporary Photojournalism Auction Organised in Memory of Photographer Anton Hammerl

One year ago, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed in Libya, leaving behind a wife and three children. Now, legendary photojournalists are coming together to raise funds for Hammerl’s family in an unprecedented print auction. [via British Journal of Photography]

The auction is sponsored by Reporters Without Borders, and bidding will take place on May 15 in New York or online.The funds raised will go to help secure the future of Anton’s three children, 11 year-old Aurora, 7 year-old Neo, and 6 month-old baby Hiro.

Anton’s wife Penny wants the funds collected to go towards the children’s university education.

For more details, visit www.friendsofanton.org.

Image © Bruno Stevens / Friends of Anton.

 Katharina Hesse / Friends of Anton.

Image © Lynsey Addario / Friends of Anton.

Image © Roger Ballen / Friends of Anton.

Image © Marcus Bleasdale / Friends of Anton.

Image © Kate Brooks / Friends of Anton.

Image © Andrew Burton / Friends of Anton.

Image © Bruce Davidson / Friends of Anton.

Image © Giles Duley / Friends of Anton.

Image © Larry Fink / Friends of Anton.

Image © Frank Fournier / Friends of Anton.

Image © Ashley Gilbertson / Friends of Anton.

Image © Ron Haviv / Friends of Anton.

Image © Katharina Hesse / Friends of Anton.

Image © Evan Joseph Uhlfelder / Friends of Anton.

Image © Ed Kashi / Friends of Anton.

Image © Vincent Laforet / Friends of Anton.

Image © Ivor Prickett / Friends of Anton.

Image © Simon Roberts / Friends of Anton.

Image © Alec Soth / Friends of Anton.

Image © Ramin Talaie / Friends of Anton.

Image © Lori Waselchuk / Friends of Anton.

Image © Lori Waselchuk / Friends of Anton.

Anton Hammerl 1969-2011

The 2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners

View the entire collection of winning images from the 55th World Press Photo Contest here. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.


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Vincent Boisot; Dakar Fashion Week (Senegal)

Stephanie Sinclair; Hajjah, Yemen

Damir Sagolj; South Hwanghae, North Korea

Jenny E. Ross; Cliff-Climbing Polar Bear Attempting to Eat Seabird Eggs 
(Novaya Zemlya, Russia)

Brent Stirton; Rhino Wars (Tugela Private Game Reserve, Colenso, Natal, South Africa)

Tomasz Lazar; New York, USA

Ton Koene; Afghan Police Recruits (Kunduz, Afghanistan)

Yuri Kozryev; On Revolution Road (Libya)

Ray McManus; Scrum Half (Dublin, Ireland)

Adam Pretty; World Swimming Championships (Shanghai, China)

Samuel Aranda; Sanaa, Yemen (winner)

World Press Photo of the Year 2011 ~ By Photographer Samuel Aranda

New York Times photographer Samuel Aranda was announced the winner of the iconic World Press Photo competition on Friday.

The 55th annual jury of the World Press Photo contest selected Aranda's photograph of a woman consoling an injured male relative in Yemen as 2011's photo of the year. The woman is covered almost entirely by her burqa, by exception of small parts of her face and arms that seem to sneak out from beneath her robes. Aranda took the photograph in a Sanaa mosque that was being used as a hospital by demonstrators protesting against Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Times' Lens blog described the winning photograph as having the "feel of a Renaissance painting." Mr. Aranda told the Times that it was one of the first shots he took during his two months on assignment in Yemen. "The woman is not just crying. It was something more. You can feel that the woman is really strong," Aranda said of the female subject in his photograph.[via Huffington Post]

The World Press Photo competition is one of the most famous competitions for photojournalists in the world.



Here are some more examples of  Samuel Aranda's fantastic work:

Police patrol al-Hasab neighborhood in the Yemeni city of Taizz on December 6, 2011.

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Ben Lowy ~ Libya iPhone Photographs

Photojournalist Ben Lowy was in Libya on assignment for 3 weeks in March, traveling between the Rebel stronghold of Bengazi to various front line towns like Ajdabiya, Brega, Ras Lanuf, and Bin Jawad. In between photographing with DSLR’s he made images on his iPhone and brought the news directly to an audience by immediately posting them to his blog. Since featuring this new work, people’s interest has grown exponentially and, he says, “reaffirmed my belief in this new paradigm in journalism. My work these days, like Iraq from Humvee windows and Night Vision Goggles, abstracts of the BP oil spill, Holga panoramics and now this iPhone series, is about creating a visual narrative that looks different from the norm. I’m hoping to capture the audience through the aesthetics, to get them to move closer to the image, and most importantly engage the viewer to examine the content.” [via PDN]

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These images are a part of a project borne during my travels as a professional photojournalist. For years, I have worked with bulky digital cameras, always mindful of the technical maneuvers from setting the shutter speed and aperture to editing and toning on a computer screen. In the last two years I have discovered that my iPhone has allowed me to capture scenes without feeling that I am once again on the job. To “point and shoot” has been a liberating experience. It has allowed me to rediscover the excitement of seeing imperfections and happy accidents rendered through the lens of my handheld device. I am able to create imagery, edit, and transmit all these images, creating a modern and efficient workflow for the most inefficient of pursuits - self expression. ~ Ben Lowy

See more of Lowy's  iPhone series here