last updated on January 22, 2010 16:37

Twenty of the nation’s top equestrian photographers have come together to offer their support to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

On offer are twenty stunning original equestrian images which will be sold though an online auction commencing 28 January 2010. All involved in the project are giving their time and resources free of charge to ensure that every single penny raised at the auction will go directly to the DEC Appeal.

The auction provides a rare chance for members of the public to get their hands on some amazing original images taken by a plethora of award winning photographers. Each image will be signed, mounted and framed.

Leading dressage photographer Kevin Sparrow commented: "This is a rare opportunity to purchase some stunning photographs for a very worthy cause. The people of Haiti have almost nothing left and are relying on the support of the world to help them. Please donate as generously as you can afford."

Contributing Photographers include:

Tim Flach – multi award winning author of Equus and the creator of some of the most distinctive equestrian images known today.

Henry Dallal – author of Pageantry and Performance and Horse Soldiers. An example of Henry’s work sold at auction in 2009 for in excess of $11,000.

Kit Houghton – official photographer to the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) and with over 25 years experience photographing horses, Kit’s work is featured in publications the world over.

Ed Whitaker – winner of the Sports Photographer of the Year Specialist Portfolio award at the Sports Journalism Awards 2009, four times winner of the Horserace Writers and Photographers Association Photographer of the year and author of “In the Frame”, Ed is undoubtedly the foremost racing photographer in the United Kingdom

James Horan – winner of the Press Photographers Association of Ireland Sports Photo of the Year 2008 and author of My Lovely Horse and Australian Rodeo.

Bob Langrish – veteran of six Olympic Games, he has flown 1.5 million miles in the last 14 years pursuing images of horses and has published countless books and calendars of the equine form.

Kevin Sparrow – from the most elite sports horses in the world to the most loved his work frequently appears in Horse and Hound, British Dressage Magazine and other leading publications and he can count some of the equine world's most famous names amongst his clients.

For further details please visit the project at www.2020auction.co.uk
View a sample of images on the 20:20 facebook page here