Winners of the 2008 Photo Contest

With some 270 entries this year for our annual photo contest, the jury faced a very difficult task in choosing the winners. The winning entries were announced and exhibited at the Eurordis 2008 Membership Meeting in Copenhagen on 15 - 16 May. Here are the winners and runners up.

View a slideshow of all the entries.

Category "Portrait"

Portrait of a person touched by rare disease
 

Merel

Winner: Merel, Belgium

Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica

Photographer: Isabel CORTHIER
 

Albanoello3Runner-up: Albanoelle, Denmark

Disease: Achondroplasia

Photographer: Heidi Kristina SCHOCH

Category "My Treatment"

Rare disease patients in the medical environment

 

Michelle

Winner: Michelle, Germany

Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa

Photographer: Lucie Riegg
 

Laura2Runner-up:
Laura, Finland

Disease: Dysmelia

Photographer: Vesa Nopanen

Category "Out and About"

Recreational activities for people affected by rare disease (summer camps,
recreation programmes, weekends away etc)
 

FrancisWinner:
Francis, Belgique

Disease: Sclerose Laterale Amyotrophique

Photographer: Simon Vansteenwinckel
 

Albanoelle2Runner-up:
Albanoelle, Denmark

Disease: Achondroplasia

Photographer: Heidi Kristina SCHOCH
 

Laura1Runner-up:
Laura, Finland

Disease: Dysmelia

Photographer: Vesa Nopanen
 

Author: EURORDIS

Photos: all photos © Eurordis

Page created: 19/08/2009
Page last updated: 05/04/2011