2022 Amateur Photo of the Year: Refraction (Marshall Islands)

Image by Laite Tuiloma for Marshall Islands Ministry of Health courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Laite Tuiloma: “This was tken in Ebeye on Kwajalein atoll – Marshall Islands. Space is a big barrier here and we don’t have an actual eye clinic. I operate in what once was an eye clinic, which has been closed since 2016, and is now a storage space for COVID supplies. The client I’m serving is our dentist. Like many health workers on Ebeye, (he does) not get the privileges to have access or order glasses.

“He is very happy because he needed custom made spectacles, and as a dentist with limited vision, he was able to be better with glasses.”

2022 Professional Finalist: Ainyr is exhausted (Quelimane, Mozambique, 2022)

Image by Ulrich Eigner courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Ainyr Alfonso, 2 years old, sleeping in the arms of his mother after cataract surgery at Quelimane Central Hospital.

2022 Professional Finalist: Fatigue Sleep On The Boats (Bangladesh)

Image by Muhammad Amdad Hossain courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Muhammad Amdad Hossain: “Many people in the coastal region of Bangladesh have lost their homes and properties and become homeless due to frequent floods, river erosion and other natural disasters. They are forced to migrate to cities in search of a better future. These people have no shelter in big cities. Their day begins on a boat, on a dirt road, and ends on a road to nowhere.”

2022 Professional Finalist: Patients dance for joy. (Nepal)

Image by Michael Amendolia for Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Nepalese patients dance for joy when they realize they can see for the first time in decades.

2022 Amateur Finalist: Sadia Is a climate refugee (Bangladesh)

Image by Md Harun Or Rashid courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Md Harun Or Rashid: “Her name is Sadia. She lives in a coastal area in Satkhira, Bangladesh. River (flooding) took away her land, home and everything. Now she is a climate refuge.”

2022 Professional Finalist: Slitlamp Examination after Eyelid Ulcer Surgery (Quelimane, Mozambique)

Image by Ulrich Eigner courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Fazila Nordino, 5 years old, is sitting on the lap of her mother while getting her eye checked with a slitlamp by doctor Da Gama at Quelimane Central Hospital in Mozambique.

2022 Amateur Finalist: The Eyes Have It (India)

Image by Arpan Chowdhury courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

Arpan Chowdhury: “I tried to portray the joy of educating reflecting through the eyes of these three innocent girls.”

2022 Amateur Finalist: Optometry student doing refraction check with Phoropter (Indonesia)

Image by Itmam Milataka for Bakti Tunas Husada University Tasikmalaya, West Java courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

2022 Amateur Finalist: Forbidden City Beijing Footbridge (China)

Image by David Curtis courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

David Curtis: “Reflected Footbridge in Beijing’s Forbidden City palace complex in the perfect shape of an eye as if the rulers of old are watching the modern day tourists.”