New Stock Photos: HIDDEN’s Award-Winning Collection

With no room to move and no perches to rest upon, broiler chickens stand in deep manure for weeks. Italy, 2011.

Stefano Belacchi / HIDDEN / We Animals

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Featuring the work of 25 international photojournalists, our new stock collection of visuals from the book HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene is available for free to anyone working to inspire compassion, conversation and change.

With foreword by Academy Award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, HIDDEN is an unflinching book of photography documenting our relationship with non-human animals in the 21st century, as depicted through the lenses of 40 award-winning photojournalists.

The interior of the transport truck is reflected in this cow’s eye. Canada, 2018.

Louise Jorgensen / HIDDEN / We Animals

Newly hatched chicks spend their first hours on a series of conveyor belts. Not all will survive the first day. Spain, 2011.

Luis Tato / HIDDEN / We Animals

Since its release in November 2020—and after an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign that reached its goal within days—HIDDEN has garnered global media attention and is already receiving recognition from some of the world’s most renowned photojournalism platforms, including Pictures of the Year 2020 and World Press Photo.

“Most Likely to Save the Planet” is HIDDEN’s latest accolade, awarded this month by Independent Publisher. HIDDEN was selected as an “Outstanding Book of the Year” at this year’s Awards from over 4,500 entries.

HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene (We Animals, 2020)

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This is a book borne out of the urgency of the message, tackling a subject well beyond the comfort zone of any mainstream publisher. For HIDDEN and We Animals to be honoured so highly by the Independent Publisher Book Awards seems entirely apt. ― Keith Wilson, HIDDEN’s co-editor

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A worker with an electric prod loads sheep onto trucks.

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Under infrared heat lamps, piglets at this farm are raised on concrete floors, making rooting, sun-basking, and many other natural behaviours impossible. Italy, 2018. Francesco Pistilli / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A fox sits inside a cage on a Finnish fur farm, where they can be kept legally in a cage of less than one square metre. Foxes are often anally electrocuted to avoid damaging their fur, a painful method that doesn't ensure the animal dies before they are skinned. Finland, 2014. Kristo Muurimaa / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Crab-eating macaques perform at an amusement park. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2018. Aaron Gekoski / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A room with a view. Pigs in the modern meat industry are totally isolated from the outside world — and too smart to be fooled by a painted mural of a rural scene. Netherlands, 2016. Sabine Grootendorst / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Duck hunters sit in silence before the killing commences. The accompanying dog will intently watch for ducks that fall from the sky and be rewarded for retrieving their bodies for the hunters. Australia, 2017. Stefano Belacchi / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Giraffes stand like a fixed exhibit in their winter enclosure, appearing neither alive nor stuffed. Bronx Zoo, New York, USA, 2010. Bridget Laudien / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Anti-suckling nose rings. When the calf tries to feed, the spikes drive the cow to move away from or even kick her calf. They can also potentially damage the udder. Germany, Timo Stammberger / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Immediately after their birth on a dairy farm, this amniotic-fluid-soaked calf and their twin will be killed for being born too weak. Mexico, 2016. Dulce Ramirez / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Steer bleeds out while worker prepares to slit throat of another steer at a slaughterhouse.

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After hours of trawling the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, a massive net is hauled aboard a fishing boat and the asphyxiation of marine life begins. France, 2018. Selene Magnolia / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A pig screams as she is clubbed before slaughter.

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Garbage day. A dead pig inside a refuse bin waits for collection outside a farm entrance. Denmark, 2019. Selene Magnolia / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A dog carcass lies in a bloody bucket of water, ready to be cooked at a restaurant. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2019. Aaron Gekoski / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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As far as the eye can see. Thousands of chickens packed into a broiler hall complex. Finland, 2017. Juho Kerola / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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The view inside an overcrowded transport packed with broiler chickens bound for slaughter. Poland, 2017. Andrew Skowron / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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The brutality of force-feeding in the foie gras industry leads to serious injury for many birds. This duck spent several days in the cage with a broken beak. Spain, 2011. Luis Tato / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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The tour guide amuses guests by throwing a live mouse into the pool, instigating a short-lived feeding frenzy from the alligators.

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A worker cuts off a shell while turtle is still alive at a market in Taiwan.

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A carriage horse stands on a city street with their head down next to a feed bucket. The harsh treatment and conditions of carriage horses have come under fire in recent years. New York, USA, 2018. Aaron Gekoski / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Across the confines of this crowded pen, a dairy cow locks eyes with the camera. Australia, 2017. Lissy Jayne / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A fisherman carries a shark at a market in a region that's one of the largest exporters of shark fin to China. Lombok, Indonesia, 2013. Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Caged dogs watch as others are killed and dismembered nearby before being cooked. Cambodia, 2019. Aaron Gekoski / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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A gasping, writhing pile of fish and by-catch lie piled together on a fishing boat deck. France, 2018. Selene Magnolia / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Born onto the concrete floor of the sale yard, this lamb has little value in this transit point between farm and slaughterhouse. Australia, 2018. Lissy Jayne / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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Inside these windowless sheds at a chicken farm, more than a million broiler hens endure their short lives. Germany, 2015. Timo Stammberger / HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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These are just some of HIDDEN’s 204 images now available via our stock collection, which features over 130 images from a number of the book’s contributing photographers, including Aaron Gekoski, Paul Hilton, Selene Magnolia, Andrew Skowron and Luis Tato. Their exhaustive and in-depth work has resulted in some of the most compelling images of animals that we have seen.

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This book is a historic document, a memorial, and an indictment of what is and should never again be. ― Jo-Anne McArthur, HIDDEN’s creator and co-editor