With some 270 entries this year for our annual photo contest, the jury faced a very difficult task in choosing the winners. The winning entries were announced and exhibited at the Eurordis 2008 Membership Meeting in Copenhagen on 15/16 May.
You can see all the nominations on the EURORDIS Photo Contest Blog.
Here are the winners and runners up.

Category 1

Portrait of the person affected by a rare disease

Winner: Merel, Belgium
Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
Photographer: Isabel CORTHIER

Runner-up: Albanoelle, Denmark
Disease: Achondroplasia
Photographer: Heidi Kristina SCHOCH

Category 2

Rare disease patients in the medical environment (hospital, clinic, at the doctor’s etc)

Winner: Michelle, Germany
Disease: Epidermolysis Bullosa
Photographer: Lucie Riegg

Runner-up: Laura, Finland
Disease: Dysmelia
Photographer: Vesa Nopanen

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Category 3

Recreational activities for people affected by rare disease (summer camps, recreation programmes, weekends away etc)

Winner: Francis, Belgique
Disease: Sclerose Laterale Amyotrophique
Photographer: Simon Vansteenwinckel

	Runner-up: Albanoelle, Denmark Disease: Achondroplasia Photographer: Heidi Kristina SCHOCH
	Runner-up: Laura, Finland Disease: Dysmelia Photographer: Vesa Nopanen