Winners of the #VisionFirst Photo Competition

Today is the day! Here are the winners of the 2019 VisionFirst! Photo Competition. We have 1 winner each and 5 runners-up each in two categories: Professional and Amateur. Before we take a look at the winning entries, a big shout-out to all our submitters, including those of you who come back to us year after year–thank you so much for sending in all our lovely submissions. Each entry tells a story about eye care, its need and its delivery across the world.

Winner (Professional)

Moments of uncertainty, before her first visual exam. Free Cataract Surgery Camp at Nakuru County Referal Hospital. Kenya — by Sergio Carmona and Silvia Tablada.

Runners-up (Professional)

• A portrait of a child with double cataract, who is waiting for eye surgery — by Andras D. Hajdu
• Free school camp for students, we provide free examination and glasses for students at primary school in Ha Nam province , Vietnam — by Nguyễn Hữu Thông
• After surgery screening at an ophthalmic outreach in Ethiopia — by Ulrich Eigner
• Pediatric cataract examination inside of a clinic at an Orbis International hospital -based training project in Gondar, Ethiopia — by Geoff Oliver Bugbee
• Laser treatment being done inside a mobile eye van for a patient with Diabetic Retinopathy — by Rajesh Pandey

Winner (Amateur)

Bilateral Cataract Surgery in a couple — by Frenky de Jesus

Runners-up (Amateur)

• ophthalmoscopy — by Suit May Ho
• Explaining Vision Testing to an old woman during a Village Screening. FHFNZ, Papua New Guinea — by Theresa Gende
• Ophthalmologist Examining eyes of Post Cataract Surgery patients from free surgical camp happened a day before — by Niranjan Gaire
• Avoidable Blindness — Uday Addepalli
• Advice from the ophthalmologist at Eye camp by “Eye From Zion” chuka hospital Mount Kenya — by Nati Marcus

IAPB Council of Members 2019: Delegate Choice

Winner: Professional

Winner: Amateur

Thank you once again to all participants — our sincere gratitude. This World Sight Day has been fascinating, and this is the one on the eve of the year 2020. Photos from the Photo Competition have graced a variety of covers, reports, books and web-pages around the world. They have enabled a conversation around eye care delivery and have helped draw attention to a key health indicator as we mark our progress towards the SDGs.

IAPB thanks Bayer for their support in delivering this photo competition.