Photoshare Newsletter - October 2005

1. Two Weeks Left to Submit Your Photo Entries!
2. Photographer Spotlight: Dharma Raj Bajracharya
3. Featured Material Using Photoshare Images: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4. Search Tips: Health Providers
5. Photos Needed: Eastern Europe

1. Two Weeks Left to Submit Your Photo Entries!

To inspire timely submission of those would-be last-minute contest entries, every day between now and October 15th (contest deadline), we will feature an entry from last year’s photo contest. Cheers to all the photographers who have sent in entries over the years, and good luck to this year’s participants! Visit and bookmark www.photoshare.org to stay tuned.

2003 Contest Entry: A father and son enjoy a moment outside their home in Nkwanta, Ghana.

© 2003 Melissa May, Courtesy of Photoshare

(Image 2003-142)

See all 2004 entries.

See all 2003 entries.

For more information about the 2005 Photoshare Photo Contest, visit: http://www.photoshare.org/photosharecontest05.php

2. Photographer Spotlight: Dharma Raj Bajracharya

Dharma Raj Bajracharya brings more than twenty years experience working in the field for NGO and USAID funded projects in Nepal. Dharma’s interest in photography goes back to childhood, when at the age of 15 he began photographing cultural rituals, festival activities, family and friends, and subjects of national interest. He also started to take photos upon request. In 1985, he began working for the Norwegian-funded NGO Worldview International Foundation where his photographs were used for official purposes in report writing and photo archiving. His photography has been appreciated in his professional work ever since.

Read Dharma Raj Bajracharya's full story.

See all of Dharma Raj Bajracharya's photos.

A health worker takes a pretest during the Phase III orientation of the Distance Education Radio Communication Project (RCP) in the Dhankuta District of Nepal.

© 1998 Dharma Raj Bajracharya/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare

(Image 23-3)

3. Featured Material Using Photoshare Images

Photoshare staff would like to recognize the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for their excellent use of a Photoshare image on their Open Courseware website. See below how they placed the credit and caption just below the image. Also, this image was carefully chosen to be used in a context that fairly represents the real situation, subject identity, and physical location of the image (refugee health care).

4. Search Tips: Health Providers

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

5. 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 Photoshare Staff at photoshare@infoforhealth.org along with your Permission Form. Thank you!

Eastern Europe - Breastfeeding and newborns with mothers

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