100 Photos for Press Freedom

New publication available :
100 PHOTOS BY THE VII AGENCY FOR PRESS FREEDOM

Reporters Without Borders is proud to open the pages of its latest “100 photos for press freedom” book to the VII Photo Agency. This fascinating collection will take the reader from Afghanistan to Russia and North Korea and is enhanced with previously unpublished pieces by French writer Philippe Labro, the legendary US investigative reporter Seymour Hersh and the Australian editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, writing from his refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Founded in New York on 9 September 2001, VII brings together photographers known for their social commitment. The seven respected photo-reporters who created this leading agency included Alexandra Boulat, Gary Knight, James Nachtwey, Christopher Morris and John Stanmeyer, winner of the 2013 World Press Photo award. VII was on the front line of coverage of the 9/11 attacks in New York. The images its photographers obtained have marked our collective memory.

VII’s work often makes the cover page of leading international publications. Ranked third in American Photo’s 100 Most Important People in Photography in 2005, VII’s photoreporters have won 38 of the World Press Photo’s prestigious awards. Acknowledged as specialists in war photography, the agency covered the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and all the other major contemporary conflicts. It is now moving increasingly into new areas of work and incorporating young photographers through its internal mentoring programme.

This digital edition contains enriched content (exclusive audio comments) and links to a great deal of other material.
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Reporters Without Borders has been publishing its 100 Photos for Press Freedom books for the past 20 years in order to fund its activities in a completely independent manner.

“Freedom of information is the freedom that allows us to verify respect for all the other freedoms” – Win Tin, recipient of the 2006 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize.

The Reporters Without Borders photo book is available in a digital version specially designed for iPad.

The 100 Photos for Press Freedom app offers readers the unique experience of enjoying a touch-screen version of the entire book, including all the works that well-known photographers allow us to share with the public.

The enriched content and the graphic quality will plunge you into the heart of these images and cartoons.

By buying this collector’s item, you will also participate actively and concretely in the fight for freedom of information. Reporters Without Borders receives all the proceeds from the sale of its books. The uses to which it puts this funding include:

- Investigating, documenting and denouncing violations of media freedom
- Pressing national and international authorities to pass legislation that benefits freedom of information
- Channelling assistance grants (worth an average of €400) to journalists who have had to flee their country
- Offering bullet-proof vests and insurance to journalists visiting war zones
- Delivering material and legal assistance to news providers who are being persecuted in connection with their activities
- Providing training designed to help combat online censorship.

Reporters Without Borders is the world’s leading independent NGO for the promotion and defence of freedom of information. Registered as a non-profit organization in France, it has an active network of 150 correspondents in 130 countries and has consultative status with the United Nations and UNESCO.

INFORMATION IS PRECIOUS, LET’S PROTECT IT TOGETHER !

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