Wellcome Trust invite photographers and other image makers from all disciplines to enter the Wellcome Photography Prize, which celebrates compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science.
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Wellcome Trust is looking for entries that can captivate people with stories of science and medicine, and start conversations about some of the health challenges humanity faces today.
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Whether you are a research scientist, a documentary or clinical photographer, an artist, or a photojournalist, this is a great opportunity for you to inspire people to think differently about health, medicine and life.
Prizes
The winner of each category will receive £1,250, with the overall winner receiving a prize of £15,000. Prizes will be presented at an awards ceremony in London on 3 July 2019.
All the winning and shortlisted entries will go on show in a major public exhibition at Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, from 4-13 July 2019.
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Wellcome Photography Prize – Categories
There are four categories in the competition:
◾Social perspectives – explore how health and illness affect the way we live
◾Hidden worlds – reveal details hidden to the naked eye
◾Medicine in focus – show health and healthcare up close and personal
◾Outbreaks (2019 theme) – capture the impact of disease as it spreads.
The judges for the 2019 prize are:
◾Emma Bowkett, Director of Photography at FT Weekend Magazine, UK
◾Dan M Davis, Professor of Immunology at the University of Manchester, UK
◾Dr Heidi Larson, Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
◾Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, Switzerland
◾Pete Muller, National Geographic Photographer and Fellow, Kenya
◾Azu Nwagbogu, Curator at Large for Photography at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Nigeria.
The judges panel will be chaired by Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome.
Entry deadline: December 17, 2018
Please read Terms and Conditions of Wellcome Photography Prize on this webpage
Online submission at this site https://photoprizeentry.wellcome.ac.uk/ Good luck!