World Portraits: Fair Trade Stock Photography
World Portraits just released a beautiful promotional folder with photos taken by me, by Robin Utrecht and others. In this folder, you can read about Arjuna who was photographed in front of his house where he sold local snacks. His photo was sold through World Portraits and because he received his share, he can now [...]
World Portraits: more publicity
Leeuwarder Courant, June 15, 2010. See full PDF here >>> In the province where I live, Friesland (The Netherlands), I was interviewed in the local language (which I don’t speak, but more or less understand!) about my photography and World Portraits. The radio documentary (in Dutch and Fries) can be heard here >>> Dutch Radio, [...]
World Portraits: reason & criticism
The idea for World Portraits came to Bas van Beek years ago, when an Indian man who had posed for a Benelux photographer but received no compensation, saw his image in an advertisement. Van Beek recognized the unfairness of the situation for that model and countless others. Simultaneously, the micro-banking phenomenon began to take hold [...]
World Portraits: the idea & start
So what is this World Portraits all about? World Portraits is a fair trade photo collection of people from around the world. The beauty and uniqueness of World Portraits is that the person photographed can share in the profits. Every time a photo is sold, the person in question will receive a royalty. It is [...]
