Congratulations to the winners of our photo contest!
Thanks to all who participated! We received more than 550 submissions from around the world. A qualified panel of judges chose winners based on both artistic merit and their ability to illustrate our work in Technology, Information & Participation, Improving Communities, and Education & Employment. IREX's friends and followers on social media [10] helped select the People's Choice winner.
Grand Prize
[14]
"Wonder World" by Pranab Basak
Judges were impressed with this photo of girls learning at an Islamic Madrasha. One noted it "captures a moment shared between young women so passively and brilliantly. No flash, none of the subjects disturbed by the camera. Their eyes are on each other and the model earth." He went on to say "the juxtaposition of the greys and blacks of the room and the girl's clothing with the warmth of the globe is wonderful and symbolic of the theme of the contest."
Best of Tech, Info & Participation
[15]"One World" by Ebrahim Elmoly
Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution
Best of Ed & Employment
[16]"Agreed" by Nimai Chandra Ghosh
Students of a remote village school are listening to their teacher and showing a sign that they agree with him. These students are very serious in school.
Best of Improving Communities
[17]
"Helping Hands" by Gregorio Dantes Jr.
Residents of Brgy. 299 in Sta. Cruz, Manila participate in a clean up drive of clogged waterways to emphasize that people are part of the solution to Manila’s flooding woes.
People's Choice
[18]
Awaiting a Better Future
An Afghan school girl in Kabul, Afghanistan. She belongs to an adolescent development program working to improve the quality of life of vulnerable adolescents, especially girls.
