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(Top) The temple of Pashupatinath on the night of Shiva Ratri. Kathmandu, Nepal. 2007.
- Om Prakash Yadav, Nepal

(Above) A young girl from the Otash camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), on the outskirts of El Nyala in Southern Darfur. Sudan.
- Shehzad Noorani, Bangladeshn
PURCHASING

An integral part of our vision is to create an avenue that enables majority world photographers to compete commercially and gain their fair share of the global image market. Ethical, effective trading is a key part of our vision.

  • Licensing the Brand: Our brand provides organisation with a powerful tool to add value to their products and communications. Its association with the majority world, with issues of fair trade and with visual and artistic communication mean that it has many applications in creating innovative photographic products (both paper-based and digital) and in corporate social responsibility programmes. Click on our kite mark on the left for more information.

  • Buying Images: Browse and search through our archive of high-quality images at www.majorityworld.com/home.php. Our images have been used for a wide range of publications and visual products, from news magazines to calendars, posters to annual reports. Stop by our Features page, which presents a wide range of photo essays exploring various issues and cultures all across the majority world.

  • Commission a photographer: Our experienced photographers are based all over the world, and have worked for internationally renowned publications such as the National Geographic and Time Magazine, and major NGO’s such as Oxfam and Concern. To get in touch with the right photographer for your photographic needs, contact Rowan Watts or Jessica Lim at [contact@majorityworld.com].

  • Buying Products: As we develop relationships with product partners, you will be able to buy many different types of products featuring the work of our Majority World photographers, all carrying the distinctive Majority World “label” or “kite mark”. Such products can also serve as an important educational tool to provide a more balanced and informed view of life in the majority world. Visit our Supporters page to find out how you can get involved.


“Diversity; great! Quality; great, given the circumstances! Models; great! Most remarkable; it breaks through the stereotypes. It shows the people as they are, not as the Western world likes to cultivate it. We love the series and the project.”
– Bas Van Beek , ANP/World Portraits, 2008