Winners of the #HopeInSight Photo Competition

The time has come to announce the winners of our 6th World Sight Day photo competition held with support of Bayer, with the theme HopeInSight. This year we received our highest ever entries 1971 (1373 Amateur + 598 Professional). We also had a COVID-19 category to recognise the impact the pandemic had on the sector for which we received 459 entries.

The winners of the competition were chosen from Editor’s Picks, based on social metrics and image quality and composition.

“We are proud to once again work with IAPB and celebrate the new record of submitted pictures to the World Sight Day Photo Competition! The pictures speak for themselves and showcase how important this initiative is for raising awareness around preventable blindness, showcasing achievements from across the world, as well as providing ‘Hope in Sight’ for the future. Bayer would like to congratulate the winners and thank all who took the time to submit entries.” said Jan Voss, VP & Head of Ophthalmology at Bayer.

Winner (Professional)

Hope — by Michael Schoenfeld; EyeCorps

Runners-up (Professional)

• Screening for retinopathy of prematurity — by Terry Cooper
• Cataract patient Nyitoch — by Julia Gunther
• Thank you, nurse — by Geoff Oliver Bugbee
• Playing Children — by Health Education KKESH
• A gift of sight is a gift of hope — by Neil Oakshott

Winner (Amateur)

Spreading Smiles — by Fauzia Aziz

Runners-up (Amateur)

• Hope for Vision — by Frenky Ramiro de Jesus
• Visual Acuity Test — by Bernardo Yosef da Costa Barros
• Saving vision — by James Arnold
• Xingu Refraction — Dr. Ronald Yeoh
• HopeInSight— by Prem Dixit

COVID-19 Category

Winner: Professional

Winner: Amateur

Thank you to all our 985 participants; we value each and every entry and all of you help us spread the message of #HopeInSight.

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