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Photoshare Newsletter - December 2005

Contents

1. Featured Photos
2. Photos Needed
3. Photographer Spotlight: Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin
4. Best Practice Spotlight - Featured Material Using Photoshare Images
5. Search Tips: HIV/AIDS
6. Contest Update

 


 

1. Featured Photos

WORLD AIDS DAY: During the month of December, Photoshare will feature photos related to AIDS prevention and treatment in honor of World AIDS Day (December 1st). Please send in photos of the important work you are doing in the field for World AIDS Day! Bookmark and visit the Photoshare website to see our Photo of the Day.

Recently Posted Photos

THANK YOU to Deborah Doyle and the Near East Division at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs for sharing photos from Egypt!

New! Rural and urban life in Egypt. © 2004 Deborah S. Doyle


2. Photos Needed

Photoshare was unable to fill recent requests related to the following photo subjects due to lack of relevant photos. If you have photos on these topics that you would be willing to share, please send them to Photohare Staff at photoshare@infoforhealth.org along with your Permission Form. Thank you!

 


 

 

3. Photographer Spotlight: Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin

Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin

Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin is a Nigerian by birth and an Obstetrician Gynecologist by training. For many years he struggled to save many women from dying as a result of pregnancy related complications. In the last 10 years or so, he realized that an individual approach in the operating room of his tertiary health institution in Nigeria was not going to solve the problem of high maternal mortality and morbidity in developing countries. So... [read full story]

 

 

Photoshare Image 2004-231
A baby sleeps in his mother’s innovative transport system, completely trusting that she will never let him fall. This photo was taken at a Maternal Child Health (MCH) clinic at the George Health Centre in Lusaka, Zambia during a male circumcision (MC) training week. 

© 2004 Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin, Courtesy of Photoshare (Image 2004-231)

See all of Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin's photos.

 

 


 

4. Best Practice Spotlight - Featured Material Using Photoshare Images

Photoshare staff would like to recognize The World Bank for their excellent use of a Photoshare image in their publication "Accelerating the Education Sector Response to HIV/AIDS in Africa." See below (insert) how the photo credit on the inside cover includes both the caption and credit. The editors also went out of their way to include Photoshare's website address and to note that Photoshare is a service of The INFO Project. Kudos to the World Bank!

       


5. Search Tips : HIV/AIDS

Looking for photos related to HIV/AIDS? Try these keywords when you search the Photoshare database (click on the keyword links below to go directly to search results):


6. Contest Update

Announcing...2005 Photoshare Photo Contest Winners!

Visit our press release at the Photoshare website to view winning photos now: http://www.photoshare.org/contestupdate.php

Congratulations to all the winners! The contest drew interest from around the globe, including more than 200 participants who submitted more than 700 photos shot in 84 different countries.

Thank you to our international panel of judges for their thoughtful deliberations. In their words, “it was a very difficult contest to judge…excellent submissions.” Photoshare staff couldn’t agree more.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our third annual contest!

Thank you to Canon for sponsoring this event!

Interested in receiving a notice about next year’s contest? The best way to stay informed is to subscribe to the Photoshare E-List. To receive a monthly e-mail from Photoshare staff containing contest updates and other Photoshare news, visit our website at: http://www.photoshare.org/mailinglist.php

 



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