MDP Photo Contest Winning and Selected Images

Selected Images

2017 MDP Photo Contest - Winning Images

Winning Images - My Vantage Point

Tied for First Place: MARIA GUZMAN worked with CARE’s Multiplying Impact team in Guatemala.

My Vantage Point: First Place - MARIA GUZMAN

Tied for First Place: BILLY RICE worked with the Carter Center’s Access to Justice program in Liberia.

My Vantage Point: Tied for First Place: - BILLY RICE

Tied for Second Place: SAMANTHA FRIEDLANDER worked with Partners-In-Health in Haiti.

My Vantage Point: Tied for Second Place - SAMANTHA FRIEDLANDER

Tied for Second Place: ANDREINA CORDOVA worked with CARE’s Multiplying Impact team in Jordan.

My Vantage Point: Tied for Second Place - ANDREINA CORDOVA

Third Place: RACHEL LASTINGER worked with World Vision International in Ethiopia.

My Vantage Point: Third Place - RACHEL LASTINGER


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: TYLER BREEN worked with CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) in Kenya.

Our Field Experience: First Place - TYLER BREEN

Second Place: KATIE GROVER worked with Habitat for Humanity in Uganda.

Our Field Experience: Second Place - SUMON RAY

Third Place: SARAH DURRY worked with an EGHI team in Madagascar.

Our Field Experience: Third Place - SARAH DURRY

Winning Image - Audience Choice

SAMANTHA FRIEDLANDER worked with Partners-In-Health in Haiti.

Audience Choice - SAMANTHA FRIEDLANDER

Selected Images

2016 Winning and Selected Images

Winning Images - My Vantage Point

First Place: RUOFEI CHEN worked in Nicaragua with a Global Health Institute team focused on respiratory health.

My Vantage Point: First Place - RUOFEI CHEN

Tied for Second Place: MELANIE ALEMAN served with the Rainforest Alliance in Guatemala.

My Vantage Point: Tied for Second Place - MELANIE ALEMAN

Tied for Second Place: HELENA WORRALL worked in Bangladesh and India with CARE Pathways, a women’s empowerment and livelihood security program.

My Vantage Point: Tied for Second Place - HELENA WORRALL

Third Place: KATHERINE HIEBERT worked with Heifer International on an evaluation of a Community Agro-Veterinary Entrepreneur (CAVE) program in the Philippines.

My Vantage Point: Third Place - KATHERINE GROENEVELT


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: GABRIELA ARTASANCHEZ GARCIA served in Bangladesh with CARE Pathways, working on a participatory tool called PCMA (Pre-Crisis Market Analysis).

Our Field Experience: First Place - GABRIELA ARTASANCHEZ GARCIA

Second Place: SUMON RAY conducted research for Habitat for Humanity International on their disaster response and recovery program in the Philippines.

Our Field Experience: Second Place - SUMON RAY

Tied for Third Place: DANIELLE VEAL worked with World Vision International in Sierra Leone on an evaluation of The Grandmother Project.

Our Field Experience: Tied for Third Place - DANIELLE VEAL

Tied for Third Place: HELENA WORRALL served in Bangladesh and India with CARE Pathways , a women’s empowerment and livelihood security program (photo taken during post-practicum travel in Vietnam).

Our Field Experience: Tied for Third Place - HELENA WORRALL

Winning Image - Audience Choice

BILLY RICE worked with the Tibetan Village Project in Tibet on a cultural tourism enterprise.

Audience Choice - BILLY RICE

Selected Images

2015 Winning and Selected Images

Winning Images - My Vantage Point

Tied for First Place: AMELIA CONRAD (Amelia worked in Ethiopia with a Global Health Institute team focused on gender-based violence)

My Vantage Point: First Place - AMELIA CONRAD

Tied for First Place: MELANIE ALEMAN (Melanie worked with The Nature Conservancy in Jakarta, Indonesia doing research on an educational center for corporate engagement in environmental conservation)

My Vantage Point: Tied for First Place - MELANIE ALEMAN

Second Place: JULIE KEDROSKE (Julie worked with CARE International on a women enterpreneurship program in Sri Lanka)   

My Vantage Point: Second Place - JULIE KEDROSKE

Third Place: KATE GROENEVELT (Kate worked for The Nature Conservancy in Tanzania, on an integrated population, health and environment (PHE) project on Lake Tanganyika) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - KATHERINE GROENEVELT


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: NATHAN KENNEDY (Pictured: Jillian Kenny. Nathan served with the The Nature Conservancy's Papua New Guinea Forest Program)

Our Field Experience: First Place - NATHAN KENNEDY

Second Place: SUMON RAY (Sumon served with Habitat for Humanity International as a Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Intern in the Philippines

 Our Field Experience: Second Place - SUMON RAY

Winning Image - Audience Choice

KATE GROENEVELT (Kate worked for The Nature Conservancy in Tanzania, on an integrated population, health and environment (PHE) project on Lake Tanganyika.

Audience Choice - KATE GROENEVELT

Selected Images

2014 Photo Contest Selected Images

Winning Images - My Vantage Point

First Place: HANNAH COX (Hannah worked with a women empowerment program at CARE India)

My Vantage Point: First Place - HANNAH COX

Tied for Second Place: FALLON FRAPPIER (Fallon worked with Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International in partnership with Emory's Center for Global Safe Water and Global Health Institute in Rwanda)   

My Vantage Point: Second Place - FALLON FRAPPIER

Tied for Second Place: JILLIAN KENNY (Jillian worked with CARE/Global Water Initiative in Uganda)

My Vantage Point: Second Place - JILLIAN KENNY

Tied for Third Place: MORGAN MERCER (Morgan worked with CARE's Pathways program in Mali and Tanzania) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - MORGAN MERCER

Tied for Third Place: LHAMO TSO (Lhamo worked with Tibetan Village Project in Tibet)

My Vantage Point: Third Place - LHAMO TSO


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: NATHAN KENNEDY (Pictured: MDP Student Biruh Zegeye. Nathan and Biruh worked with CARE/Global Water Initiative in northern Ethiopia) 

Our Field Experience: First Place - NATHAN KENNEDY

Second Place: TAYLOR SPICER (Taylor worked with the Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security program in Kenya and Ghana), Photo by N. Ferdous (CCAFS, MDP '13) 

 Our Field Experience: Second Place - TAYLOR SPICER

Third Place: WINNETTE RICHARDS (Winnette worked with the Millennium Villages Project Bonsaaso Cluster in Ghana)

Our Field Experience: Third Place - WINETTE RICHARDS

Selected Images


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Winning Images - My Vantage Point

First Place: CLAUDIA LANGFORD (Claudia worked with the International Water Management Institute in Ethiopia.)

My Vantage Point: First Place - Claudia Langford

Tied for Second Place: ANNA ELLIS (Anna worked with Save the Children in the Philippines.)   

My Vantage Point: Second Place - Anna Ellis

Tied for Second Place: AMIHAN JONES (Amihan worked with Nyumbani Village, a sustainable community for AIDS orphans based in Kitui, Kenya.)

My Vantage Point: Second Place - Amihan Jones

Tied for Third Place: SAMANTHA COLLINS  (Samantha worked with CARE India's EMPHASIS Project.) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - Samantha Collins

Tied for Third Place: MORGAN MERCER  (Morgan worked with an Emory Global Health Institute research team in Madagascar.) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - Morgan Mercer


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: MORGAN MERCER  (Morgan worked with an Emory Global Health Institute research team in Madagascar.) 

Our Field Experience: First Place - Morgan Mercer

Second Place: KRISTIN TANIS (Kristin worked with CARE India.) 

 Our Field Experience: Second Place - Kristin Tanis

Third Place: CLAUDIA LANGFORD (Claudia served as an intern with the International Water Management Institute in Ethiopia.)

Our Field Experience: Third Place - Claudia Langford

Third Place: ANNAMARIA HAJDUK  (Annamaria worked with an Emory Global Health Institute research team in Rwanda.)

Our Field Experience: Third Place - Anna Maria

Selected Images

Winning Images - My Vantage Point

Tied for First Place: LINLING ZHONG (Linling served as an intern with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Lesotho.)   

My Vantage Point: First Place - Linling Zhong

Tied for First Place: ALICIA CLIFTON (Alicia worked with Oxfam UK in Sri Lanka on their Socio-economic Development for Conflict-affected Communities program)   

My Vantage Point: First Place - Linling Zhong

Second Place: NAFISA FERDOUS (Nafisa worked with the Program Development Unit at CARE Bangladesh.)

My Vantage Point: Second Place - Nafisa Ferdous

Tied for Third Place: KRISTIN TANIS  (Kristin worked as a Program Development intern with CARE India.) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - Kristin Tanis

Tied for Third Place: MIA GALLEGOS  (Mia worked in Kenya with Save the Children.) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - Kristin Tanis


Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: ESTHER JOE  (Esther worked for CARE International Malawi on issues of food security.) 

Our Field Experience: First Place - Esther Joe

Second Place: TRINITY FINDLAY (Trinity served as an intern with The Nature Conservancy in Ecuador.)

 Our Field Experience: Second Place - Trinity Findlay

Third Place: MYRIAM DORMER  (Myriam worked with riverside communities in the eastern Amazon region of Brazil, accompanying the work of Embrapa Amapá.)

Our Field Experience: Third Place - Myriam Dormer

Selected Images


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Winning Images - My Vantage Point

First Place: MIRANDA BODFISH (Miranda worked with CARE International in Cotonou, Benin.) 

My Vantage Point: First Place - Miranda Bodfish

Second Place: JENNIEV DOWDLE (JennieV. conducted fieldwork with MAP International in Cochabamba, Bolivia.)

My Vantage Point: Second Place - JennieV Dowdle

 Third Place: MIA GALLEGOS  (Mia worked for CARE Ethiopia.) 

My Vantage Point: Third Place - Mia Galleogos

Winning Images - Our Field Experience

First Place: MIA GALLEGOS  (Mia worked for CARE Ethiopia.) 

Our Field Experience: First Place - Mia Gallegos

Second Place: JENNIEV DOWDLE (JennieV. conducted fieldwork with MAP International in Cochabamba, Bolivia.)

Our Field Experience: Second Place - JennieV Dowdle

Third Place: JENNA BLUMENTHAL  (Jenna served with CARE International in Benin, West Africa.)

Our Field Experience: Third Place - Jenna Blumenthal