Winners of the 2008 Photo Contest

The 2008 Eurordis Photo Contest winners

 

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. You can see all the nominations on the EURORDIS Photo Contest Blog. Here are the winners and runners up.

Category 1

Portrait of the person affected by a rare disease

 

Merel

Winner: Merel, Belgium

Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica

Photographer: Isabel CORTHIER

Albanoello3Runner-up: Albanoelle, Denmark

Disease: Achondroplasia

 

Photographer: Heidi Kristina SCHOCH

Category 2

Rare disease patients in the medical environment (hospital, clinic, at the doctor's etc)

Michelle

Winner: Michelle, Germany

 

 

Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa

Photographer: Lucie Riegg

Laura2Runner-up: Laura, Finland

Disease: Dysmelia

Photographer: Vesa Nopanen

Category 3

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
 

 

 


Photos: all photos © Eurordis