Friends of Anton

Raising funds for the 3 children of Anton Hammerl, photojournalist killed in Libya last year.

An auction of contemporary photojournalism prints hosted by Christiane Amanpour - Christie's, New York, May 15, 2012

  • Anton Hammerl 1969-2011

    Anton came under fire while covering frontline battles near Brega. American reporters Clare Gillis and James Foley and Spanish photographer Manu Brabo were with him. They were seized and imprisoned.

  • Anton's son Neo

    For 44 days the Libyan regime repeatedly told Anton’s wife Penny that he was detained and well. The truth is he was left to die in the desert. The regime knew that all along and tried to cover it up.

  • Photojournalism print auction at Christie's

    Sebastiao Salgado, Tim Hetherington, Alec Soth, Gilles Peress, Platon, Chris Anderson, Robert Capa, Ed Kashi, Bruce Davidson, Yuri Kozyrev, Larry Fink, Lynsey Addario, Susan Meiselas, Ron Haviv, David Burnett, Joao Silva, Marcus Bleasdale, Vincent Laforet.

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All donations (-5% to cover admin costs & PayPal fees) go to help secure the future of Anton's 3 kids. Thanks to RWB, all donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of US law.   Donate

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About Anton

  • "Anton was murdered trying to do the tremendously important work of journalism in a war zone. His family will be suffering the consequences of this for many years. Anton can no longer help them but we can."

    — Sebastian Junger, filmaker

  • "Anton was very avant-garde, his images were stylistic. The last work I saw of his was some time ago. It was beautifully shot, great craft and funky, very artistic, fresh thinking.”

    — Greg Marinovich, photographer

  • "His sartorial savvy delighted us each day he stepped into the photo department and his offbeat sense of humour entertained us and often found resonance in many of his images."

    — Robin Comley, photo editor

  • "He was a great photographer and a good friend. He had a range, a lot of variety and, among other things, he was very brave."

    — Alf Kumalo, photographer

  • "Anton was a very special, sensitive soul who saw in many ways what people don't see. He was an artist with light."

    — Debbie Yazbek, photographer

  • "I always thought he brought in something else, he had an artistic eye. I used to think of him not so much in conflict. He could create brilliant portraits."

    — Jodi Bieber, photographer

About

Friends of Anton brings together friends and colleagues of freelance photojournalist Anton Hammerl to help secure the future of his three young children, Aurora, Neo and baby Hiro.

Reporters Without Borders, a 501(c)(3) press freedom advocate, is acting as our fiscal sponsor.

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Photo Credits

AP Photo/Saturday Star
Andy Rain/EPA
Steve J. Lafontaine
Manu Brabo
David Brabyn
Samuel Aranda
Jessica Hill/AP Photo

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