Best of Show |  Image of the Year | Outstanding Contributor |  People's Choice Award  |  HIFA Award  |  Best of Category | Honorable Mention  | Press Release

Portrait from Bangladesh Honored in the 2018 Annual Photoshare Photo Contest 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2018

Baltimore, MD USA -  Sandipani Chattopadhyay’s captivating black and white portrait of a child laborer taken in a shipyard in Bangladesh wins Best of Show in the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project’s 2018 Annual Photoshare Photo Contest. The winning image highlights the stark realities of the impact that governance and the economy have on childhood and the pressing need to improve equity in global health and development. This photo, along with other contest submissions, will support Photoshare’s growing collection, helping international nonprofits communicate effectively about critical health and development issues. By facilitating image sharing among public health professionals and photographers, Photoshare has become a leading source for editorial public health and development photography.

Open to both amateurs and professionals, the contest drew interest from around the globe—215 participants submitted more than 1,663 photos captured in 74 countries. The 2018 contest featured many high quality images across a range of topics and regions—from refugees in Myanmar to Zika prevention in Jamaica—yielding the highest number of top prize finalists since the contest’s creation in 2003. This year, we continued our Photoshare People's Choice Award in Sexual and Reproductive Health, presented with media partner Girls' Globe. The winning image, which documents safe condom use education in Uganda, was chosen from a selection of finalists, with 442 votes cast via social media. Photoshare also continued a successful partnership with HIFA in sponsorship of the Healthcare Providers category, recognized with the HIFA Photo Award. This year's winning image intimately captures a new generation of health providers in Turkey and was selected by members of the HIFA Steering Committee.  

Photoshare is a service of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, which is supported by USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health and led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in partnership with FHI 360, IntraHealth International, and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Photoshare’s editorial photography collection is focused on capturing projects in action and the people they serve. To find out how you can support the collection and share, visit www.photoshare.org. To learn more about knowledge sharing and K4Health, visit www.k4health.org. 

Photoshare Photo Contest Winners

Winning images were selected by a panel of judges, including Girls' Globe, the HIFA Steering Committee, and Photoshare.

Best of Show

1st Place
Sandipani Chattopadhyay   A child laborer at a shipyard in Bangladesh.     © 2018 Sandipani Chattopadhyay, Courtesy of Photoshare 59326-25   Bangladesh

2nd Place
Chelsea MacLachlan / World Vision At a World Vision food distribution in Batangafo, Central African Republic (CAR), Petuela, an internally displaced mother of four, receives food rations that she hopes will last her family for the month. Because the humanitarian response in CAR is critically underfunded, food rations are often cut and only last families two weeks of the month. © 2018 Chelsea MacLachlan / World Vision, Courtesy of Photoshare 70333-7   Central African Republic

3rd Place
Minh Quat Le Workers sew fishing nets in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam. © 2016 Minh Quat Le, Courtesy of Photoshare 70669-7   Vietnam

Photoshare People's Choice Award, presented with media partner Girls' Globe

Best of Show: Sexual and Reproductive Health Category

Musinguzi John, Public Health Ambassadors Uganda A health ambassador in Kampala, Uganda, teaches a young man how to safely use a male condom. © 2017 Musinguzi John/Public Health Ambassadors Uganda, Courtesy of Photoshare 69696-16   Uganda   Winner of the 2018 Photoshare People’s Choice Award! Selected by public voting

HIFA Photography Award

Best of Show: Healthcare Providers Category, sponsored by HIFA

Leyla Emektar A nursing student in Kocaeli, Turkey, administers eye drops to her grandfather as her grandmother looks on. © 2016 Leyla EMEKTAR, Courtesy of Photoshare   Turkey   HIFA Steering Group Comment: "This image is captivating and utterly compelling. It captures a tender moment that evokes the tradition of cross-generational care within the family—so important, and yet we do not often see it. It also celebrates the emergence of a new generation of professional health workers, dedicated to help take care of us across the life course, from birth to death." 70195-11

 Outstanding Photoshare Contributor 

Selected based on outstanding year round contributions to the collection.

Photoshare Image of the Year

Selected from images that have been submitted to the collection within the previous year. 

Best of Category for Health and Development Topics 

Family Planning
Cheryl Hanna-Truscott A skilled birth attendant (SBA) in Selpetre Village, Haiti, gives a Depo-Provera injection to a client while another SBA holds the woman's infant. © 2018 C. Hanna-Truscott/Midwives for Haiti, Courtesy of Photoshare   Haiti 2602-25

HIV/AIDS
Eric Bond  David and Leah are a discordant couple living in rural Malawi with their HIV-free children, Angela and Emmanuel. Leah is living with HIV while David is not. David supports Leah in her HIV treatment, and Leah volunteers at the local health center as a mentor mother, helping other women adhere to treatment so that they can stay alive and healthy and prevent transmission of the virus to their children.   © 2017 Eric Bond/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Courtesy of Photoshare   Malawi 61189-8

Malaria and Zika
Daniel Getachew A caravan of camels crosses Gemeri Lake to transport treated mosquito nets to Afambo, some 500 km northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, in the remote Afar region, Ethiopia. © 2018 Daniel Getachew, Courtesy of Photoshare   Ethiopia 69681-5

Environment
Sujan Sarkar Thirty-year-old Manisha Tamang holds up a solar panel she uses for electricity in the remote village of Lepchakha, West Bengal, India. © 2017 Sujan Sarkar, Courtesy of Photoshare   India 15084-59

Agricultural & Economic Development
Minh Quat Le Workers sew fishing nets in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam. © 2016 Minh Quat Le, Courtesy of Photoshare   Vietnam 70669-7

Democracy & Governance
Sandipani Chattopadhyay A child laborer at a shipyard in Bangladesh.   © 2018 Sandipani Chattopadhyay, Courtesy of Photoshare   Bangladesh 59326-25

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Chelsea MacLachlan / World Vision At a World Vision food distribution in Batangafo, Central African Republic (CAR), Petuela, an internally displaced mother of four, receives food rations that she hopes will last her family for the month. Because the humanitarian response in CAR is critically underfunded, food rations are often cut and only last families two weeks of the month. © 2018 Chelsea MacLachlan / World Vision, Courtesy of Photoshare   Central African Republic   70333-7

mHealth and Communications Technology
Carly Smith/ U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) A field worker records trachoma data at Imvepi Refugee Settlement in northwestern Uganda. © 2018 Carly Smith/ USAID, Courtesy of Photoshare   Uganda   70063-1

Global Health and Human Interest
Md. Zakirul Mazed Kono Two waste-pickers eat their lunch in the back of a cargo bicycle at a landfill in Bangladesh. © 2016 Md. Zakirul Mazed Konok, Courtesy of Photoshare   Bangladesh   70775-19

Honorable Mention for Global Health and Development Topics

Sexual and Reproductive Health | People's Choice Award
Maia Freudenberger/Projet Jeune Leader A young girl in Madagascar answers a question at an event about preventing gender-based violence. © 2017 Maia Freudenberger/Projet Jeune Leader, Courtesy of Photoshare   Madagascar

Healthcare Providers - HIFA Photo Award
Avijit Ghosh Anganwadi (rural mother and child care center) health workers measure a child's weight in West Bengal, India. A typical Anganwadi center, part of the Indian public health care system, provides basic health care in Indian villages, including contraceptive counseling and supply, nutrition education and supplementation, as well as pre-school activities.   © 2018 Avijit Ghosh, Courtesy of Photoshare   India

Family Planning
Harimawan Latif/JHCCP-Indonesia Trained midwives perform an implant insertion on a client at a puskesmas (government-mandated community health clinic) in Lombok Timbur, Indonesia. © 2015 Harimawan Latif/JHCCP-Indonesia, Courtesy of Photoshare   Indonesia

HIV/AIDS
Zacharia Mlacha Sauti Project-trained peer educator Ashura Athumani discusses reproductive health and risky sexual behaviors with adolescent girls and young women during a home visit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Notes: The Sauti Project through DREAM is improving positive behaviors and social norms at the individual and community levels. © 2018 Zacharia Mlacha, Courtesy of Photoshare   Tanzania

Malaria and Zika
Stephen Kierniesky A staff member of Zap Jamaica collects mosquitoes from a trap placed at a home in Harbour View, Jamaica. © 2018 Stephen Kierniesky, Courtesy of Photoshare   Jamacia

Environment
Shahab Naseri A young Gypsy girl carries two jerry cans of water to her family's tent in rural southern Iran. © 2017 Shahab Naseri, Courtesy of Photoshare   Iran

Agricultural and Economic Development
Rony Barua Women work at a plastic recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © 2017 Rony Barua, Courtesy of Photoshare   Bangladesh

Democracy and Governance
Sujan Sarkar Women line up to vote in an election in Cooch Behar, India. © 2018 Sujan Sarkar, Courtesy of Photoshare   India

Humanitarian Assistance
M Yousuf Tushar A Rohingya family crosses a barbed wire border to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar after the Burmese army started a campaign of violence against their people. © 2017 M Yousuf Tushar, Courtesy of Photoshare   Myanmar

mHealth and Communications Technology
Avishek Das Mobile phone users in Kolkata, India. © 2018 Avishek Das, Courtesy of Photoshare   India

Global Health and Human Interest
Nandi Bwanali/One Community Young boys in Blantyre, Malawi. Photographer's Note: One Community will be engaging young boys like the ones pictured here with HIV risk avoidance and risk reduction education. © 2017 Nandi Bwanali/ONE COMMUNITY, Courtesy of Photoshare   Malawi

Annual Photoshare Photo Contest

2018 Annual Photoshare Photo Contest Announcement

Annual Photoshare Photo Contests and Awards

Photoshare's annual international photo contests and awards are popular international events that mobilize photographers to share their work for charitable and educational use in return for a chance to win prizes, awards, and international recognition. By submitting their images, participants contribute to a growing collection of global health and development photos, helping nonprofits communicate about pressing issues worldwide.

Contest Mission

Photoshare encourages those who are interested in Photoshare’s mission to participate in the contest. The contest is a great incentive for those who would otherwise share photos year-round but have trouble finding the time. If you are learning about Photoshare for the first time, you may be interested to know…read more

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