To celebrate International Epilepsy Day 2018, we ran an international photography competition for all ages with the theme ‘Life is Beautiful’. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who took part in the competition this year.
Our judging panel had a mammoth task in carefully considering the almost 3,000 photographs that were submitted to the competition. They are: Mrs Carol d’Souza (India), Mrs Heather Davies (Scotland), Mrs Carina Jonkers (Netherlands), Dr Jorge Förster (Chile) and Mr Baiqiu Zhang (China). The IBE and ILAE wish to extend our gratitude to them.
There were two categories – under 12 years of age and over 12 years of age. Twelve winners from around the world will share in the US$2,000 prize fund.
Over 12s Category Winners:
1st Prize – US$500:
‘Oyuncu’
Leyla Emektar
Turkey
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Bond of Memories’
Niraj Gera
India
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Beautiful Mind’
Sandipani Chattopadhyay
India
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Harvest’
Peng Yuan
China
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Monsoon Splash’
Ata Adnan
Bangladesh
Runner-up – US$100:
‘U Will Like it’
Mithail Afrige Chowdhury
Bangladesh
Under 12s Category Winners:
1st Prize – US$500:
‘Love makes life beautiful’
Morris van der Smaal, aged 3 years. Netherlands
“For Morris it does not matter who or what Roos is and what she can or cannot do… Roos is just Roos. She is his big sister, he loves her and life is beautiful with her. And he is so right. It is beautiful with her!”
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Live the Moment’
Abril Culebras Canas, aged 12 years
Spain
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Little Miracle’
Fatima Yusuf, aged 10 years
India
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Sunset Cows’
Cate Gusentine, aged 12 years
USA
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Life is beautiful’
Amir Mohammad Dehghan, aged 10 years
Iran
Runner-up – US$100:
‘Beautiful day’
Tiago Terre Neves, aged 10 years
Portugal