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Past Winners


en mi juventud...
Photo by: Valerie Galvan-Turner
Mulukuku, Nicaragua 2006
"This patient is a 45-year old woman with a suspected thyroid malignancy. Her case taught me the importance of seeing the patient, not just the physical effects of their disease. She was a patient, a teacher, a woman and a friend. This photograph is a tribute to her strength".


Fishermen
Photo by: Judy Hereford
Las Islas Billestas, Peru
"I was in a motorized tourist bus with my camera out, being ridiculously foreign and I saw these two fishermen going about their way around the islands to make money".

East Meet West
Photo by: Zelime Ward
Gujarat, India 2006
"During a medical mission to rural India, we visited a girl's orphanage to provide supplies and education of basic health maintenance and hygiene. One fact of the experience included instruction on dental hygiene".

All Smiles
Photo by: Noelle Northcutt
Unikwas, Nicaragua 2006
"My natural reaction to the photo is a huge smile. These Kids were so innocent and unabashedly entertained by their being on my camera that the older among them began coordinating various group shots to see how they would turn out - first the girls, then all the boys and moments before the entire group. Realizing I had taken the picture they rushed toward me and I was lucky to get just one great moment".