To celebrate its 70th anniversary the World Press Photo Print Sale is offering 70 historic and highly recognizable works from a wide range of photographers from around the world. You can get some early Xmas shopping done and support a great organization at the same time! Hit the jump for more!
Word Press Photo Print Sale – 70 Prints For 70 Years
As part of the organization’s 70 year anniversary celebration, the World Press Photo Print Sale is offering archival prints for only $150 USD each. It’s a a great way to add some iconic images to your collection and support photojournalists around the world.
The sale includes winners of the annual World Press Photo Contest, as well as work from the next generation of visual storytellers. Each of the 70 images are available to purchase as a limited-edition, museum-quality, 20x30cm prints that are onlyl available during the online sale.
Museum Quality Archival Prints
Images in The World Press Photo Print Sale are printed using top of the line archival materials that will stand the test of time. These ain’t no crummy inkjet prints, baby!
Color images are printed on Fuji Crystal DP II Matte paper.
This premium Fuji photo paper is a leading choice for gallery prints. It has an extremely wide color gamut, and is guaranteed non-fading for at least 75 years. Printing on Fuji Crystal DP II Matte involves exposing the paper to a digital laser in a controlled, dark environment, activating the paper’s silver halide crystals before chemical development to create the final print.
Black & White images are printed on Ilford B/W matte paper.
This panchromatic black and white paper from the iconic Ilford brand is highly sensitive and enriched with optical brighteners, allowing white tones to shine while the great range of black hues creates enchanting depths. Images are converted into photographic negatives, which are exposed onto the light-sensitive paper using a laser. The exposed paper is then developed chemically in a darkroom to produce a traditional silver gelatin print, resulting in a permanent, archival image with rich blacks and clear highlights.
Prints are priced at $180 USD unframed and $300 USD framed.
Here’s a few of my favorite images from the sale:
Jonathan Bachman
Ieisha Evans (27) stands her ground at a rally against police violence against Black men, outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA, on 9 July 2016.
Evans had travelled to Baton Rouge to protest the death of Alton Sterling, who was shot at close range while being held to the ground by two white police officers on 5 July. The fatal shooting of Sterling came at a time of heightened tension in the US over the deaths of Black men at the hands of the police.
Data collected by The Counted, an initiative set up by The Guardian to record such fatalities, found that in 2016, Black males aged 15-34 were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by law enforcement officers.
Evans was arrested at the protest, but released later that evening.
Jerome Brouillet
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina bursts out triumphantly from a large wave in the fifth heat of round three of men’s surfing, during the 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, on 29 July 2024.
Ed van der Elsken
Havana, Cuba, 1967.
The photomontage was originally published as a spread in Avenue Magazine’s December 1967 issue of his Cuba Avenue reportage, pages 128-129.
David Guttenfelder
Afghanistan, 26 February 2005.
Boys play soccer inside an empty swimming pool dating from the Soviet occupation. The hilltop pool was damaged during the country’s civil war. It’s now a favorite place for youth to congregate and play games.
Katinka Hustad
Vlad Belomoin (18) and Alina Snigiryova (18) in their apartment in Murino, St. Petersburg, Russia, 24 March 2017.
They moved from the Udmurt Republic to begin university degrees in Japanese and marketing. Their studio apartment in Greenlandia gave them the chance to live independently for the first time.
They hadn’t made friends locally yet, but they have each other, and their cat, Esenin.
Rohan Kelly
A massive shelf cloud moves towards Bondi Beach, Australia, on 6 November 2015.
The cloud was part of a weather front that brought violent thunderstorms, with local media reporting damaging winds, hailstones the size of golf balls, and heavy rainfall. Shelf clouds are low cloud banks often with smooth or layered surfaces, and black, turbulent bases.
Sofía López Mañán
Wang Naigong
In close collaboration with the family, the photographer tells the story of Jiuer, a young mother of three in northern China who gains more understanding and appreciation for life in her final years after being diagnosed with cancer. Before her surgery, Jiuer invited the photographer to take some family photos, and later, when her condition deteriorated, asked her to record the time she spent with her children.
Jiuer passed away in 2022, but her presence lives on in her family’s memories.
Jaime Rojo
Michoacán, Mexico, on 24 February 2023.
Butterflies stream through protected indigenous fir forests in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. The mountain hillsides of oyamel forest provide an ideal overwintering microclimate.
John Rooney
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw, at 1:44 in the first round of their bout at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, Maine, United States on 25 May 1965.
World Press Photo Print Sale
World Press Photo is an independent non-profit organization that champions the power of photojournalism and documentary photography to deepen understanding of the world’s complexities, promote dialogue, and inspire action. Founded in the Netherlands in 1955, their annual contest and thematic exhibitions reach millions of people in over 80 locations worldwide each year. And their online work reaches millions more.
The World Press Photo Print Sale runs from 17 November – 26 November 2025. Museum quality archival prints for $180 USD unframed and $300 USD framed.
You can check out all the images in the sale by visiting:
The Last Word
You can’t really think of a print sale without thinking of the Magnum Square Print Sale. But the World Press Photo Print Sale ups the game with full size prints that you can actually see from across the room!
The sale includes many iconic images and part of the proceeds go directly to the photojournalists themselves. So you’re not just hoarding prints.. You’re supporting the art form!
Certainly, there are many great images! But my favorite is Jonathan Bachman’s amazing image of Ieisha Evans. The nearly balletic posture of the cops stands in stark contrast to Ieisha’s stoic and passive resistance to create a truly memorable image.
I like it!
What’s your take on the World Press Photo Print Sale? Are there any images you can’t live without? What are your favorites? Post your ideas in the comments below and keep the conversation going!