More than 300 artistic photographs were submitted to the IBE Golden Jubilee Photography Competition, giving a very difficult task to member of the judging panel, who spent a considerable amount of time in choosing the winners. One of the main criteria for the award was to express epilepsy through a photographic image. The following photographs were the worthy winners:

CAMERA PHOTOS:

First Prize: US$3,000
Thilde Mørup Christensen
Denmark
Title: Pieces

Second Prize: US$2,000
Anders Nilsson
Sweden
Title: Seizure

Joint Third Prize: US$500
James Leahy
Ireland
Title: Fear of it all

Joint Third Prize: US$500
Kai Löffelbein
Germany
Title: Look

MOBILE PHONE CATEGORY:

First Prize: US$500
Lotta Hoffback-Kaljo
Sweden
Title: Light in the Tunnel

Second Prize: US$300
Sherwyn Vargas
Philippines
Title: My world and me

Third Prize: US$200
Patricia Simpson-Green
USA
Title: 1st known Grand Mal at 60 miles per hour

The judging panel extends its thanks to all those who took part in the competition. All photographs submitted to the competition are now available to view on a special gallery on the website. Postcards of the winning four photographs in the camera category were available, free of charge, on the IBE stand in the Exhibition Hall during the 29th International Epilepsy Congress, Rome – 28th August – 1st September 2011.

Judging panel: Denise Chapman, Shunglon Lai, Susanne Lund, Peter Murphy, Simon Shorvon, Tatsuya Tanaka and Sam Wiebe.

Click here to view the Photo Competition Gallery.