Photo Finish

Laila Tuiloma’s “Refraction” (above) won the competition’s amateur category. It shows a dentist in the Marshall Islands being tested in a storage room used for COVID-19 supplies, highlighting how health professionals in this part of the world are battling such basic barriers as a lack of space and facilities.

Judge Caroline Casey, IAPB President, praised the winning images for displaying and celebrating the impact of eye care and making visible an issue that is “a global blind spot.”  

Not all the World Sight Day photos have to capture eye care in action, however. The striking image below, a reflection of a footbridge at the palace complex in Beijing’s Forbidden City, was a runner-up in the amateur category. Shot by David Curtis, the perfect eye shape makes it look “as if the rulers of old are watching the modern day tourists.”