The Free Press Auction has started! Bid along for press freedom

The Free Press Auction is an auction for press freedom and safety of journalists worldwide. By bidding on and buying the beautiful and signed images, made in countries where Free Press Unlimited works, you can contribute to a good cause.

Everyone has the right to access independent, reliable and relevant information. Free Press Unlimited is active worldwide to make this possible. Fro this, freedom of the press and the safety of journalists are indispensable. That is why Free Press Unlimited supports local media professionals and journalists to do their work safely.
 

Online auction on Catawiki

Bid for press freedom! The auction has started today, 23 November 2021, on Catawiki, the online auction site for special objects in Europe. Go to the auction and bid along! The auction will end on 5 December.

Go to the auction

Participating photographers are:

• Marielle van Uitert: multiple winner of a Zilveren Camera and nominated for the Sony World Photography Awards

• Bert Verhoeff: winner of a Zilveren Camera and named photojournalist of the year

• Ilvy Njiokiktjien: multiple winner of a Zilveren Camera and Photographer Laureate 2013

• Petterik Wiggers: winner of a Zilveren Camera and living and working in Addis Ababa for more than 20 years and has been published in, among others, Time, The New York Times and The Guardian

• Teun Voeten: multiple winner of a Zilveren Camera and known for his disappearance in Sierra Leone

• Ad van Denderen: multiple winner of a Zilveren Camera and winner of the Dick Scherpenzeel Press Prize. Exhibited in and purchased by museums worldwide

• Sanne Derks: winner of a Zilveren Camera and chosen as one of the participants of the Visa Pour l'Image photo festival

• Ton Toemen: working as a press photographer since 1993 and frequently published in Dutch and international newspapers and magazines

• Paul Teixeira: working as a press photographer since 1980 and frequently published in Dutch and international newspapers and magazines

• Soraya Ebrahimi: Iranian-Dutch photographer. She portrays untold stories through her photographs. Stories that often contradict stereotypes in the Dutch multicultural society

• Ton Koene: photographer, illustrator and filmmaker. Winner of a Silver Camera and World Press Award

• Jet Budelman: working as a photojournalist since 1994 with a focus on socio-political topics. Frequently published in Dutch and international newspapers and magazines

• Eric Brinkhorst: more than 30 years working as a photojournalist, specialized in photos taken with a drone.

• Paul Enkelaar: documentary maker, photographer and cameraman. Made films for Free Press Unlimited in Turkey, Peru, Bangladesh, Brazil, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine

• Popel Coumou: Artist-photographer, plays with the most important elements of photography in her work: light, paper and the perception of reality. Exhibited in the Photo Museum The Hague

• Sander Stoepker: has a preference for portraits and reports. In 2011 he made the series Hoofdboek: about 1 woman, 100 headscarves

• Joost Bastmeijer: award-winning photojournalist and Africa correspondent. From Nairobi, Kenya, he works for Dutch and international media.

This is your chance to purchase a signed copy of a well-known press photographer, while contributing to the safety of journalists at the same time!