Reading Time: 5 minutes Adrienne Surprenant’s portraits of patients at a wound hospital in western Cameroon seek to remove the stigma of chronic wounds
Tag: Wellcome Photography Prize
Reading Time: 4 minutes Photography as a tool for seeing science: How the camera became, and continues to be, a powerful medium for shedding light on health-related subject matter that might otherwise remain unseen
Reading Time: 5 minutes The documentary photographer discusses the realities of shooting amid one of the world’s worst Ebola outbreaks in history
Reading Time: 6 minutes “There is a vast chasm between a lived experience in a place and a photograph that somehow tries to represent that experience”
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Getting the train to the studio was nerve wracking; it felt like people stared at my uneven tones and blistered face. After the photoshoot I went to meet my Mum for a drink. I did not cover my skin up, I let it breathe and felt myself do the same”
Reading Time: 6 minutes Renowned for her fearless coverage of conflicts, Addario reflects on the experience of documenting a silent epidemic of epic proportions
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wellcome Photography Prize invites submissions from image-makers investigating health-related issues in new and compelling ways