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EURORDIS Photo Award 2025

VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

The EURORDIS Photo Award is an opportunity to visually express what it means to live with a rare disease and to share your story with the rare disease community and beyond.

The contest is open to all nationalities, ages and diseases. Every year, people from all around the world submit their photos, each reflecting the drive of people living with a rare disease worldwide.

From all who have entered, six finalists have been chosen by the award-winning photographer Marcus Bleasdale.

Online voting will determine the winners who will be announced on the night of the EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards, on 24 February 2025. The three finalists with the most votes will each receive a prize.

Take a look at our six amazing finalists below and vote for your favourite!


2025 PHOTO AWARD FINALISTS

A) I bet it’s tasty… But I can only imagine.
Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome
Estonia

B) Navigation needs a Compass
Angelman Syndrome
Australia

C) Never Give Up
Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorder
United States

D) The world has the colours we paint (O mundo tem as cores que a gente pinta)
Autoimmune encephalitis
Brazil

E) Look further
GABRB3 gene mutation
Italy

F) Rare Is Beautiful
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
United States



SHORTLISTING by Marcus Bleasdale

Marcus Bleasdale is a talented documentary photographer and photojournalist who has been dedicated to advocacy and human rights for over 15 years. His work on human rights and conflict during his role as a photographer at the National Geographic Magazine has helped educate and advise corporations and policymakers around the world. Marcus has also partnered with various international advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch.

In 2002, his first book, ‘One Hundred Years of Darkness‘, was published, soon followed by “The Rape of a Nation” (2009) and “The Unravelling” (2015). Appearing in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine and TIME Magazine to name a few, he has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award (2004), the Anthropographia Award for Photography and Human Rights (2010), and the Amnesty International Award (2015).


ENTRIES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

Check out more inspiring photos from the last few years

Learn more about the Black Pearl Awards