The Wellcome Photography Prize is an annual photography competition organised by the Wellcome Trust. It was established in 1997 as the Wellcome Image Awards, for science image making. It was renamed in a revamp and expansion in 2018.

Winners

Wellcome Image Awards 2016

20 winners

Wellcome Image Awards 2017

22 winners

Wellcome Photography Prize 2019

Overall winner: Erin Lefevre

Social Perspectives: Erin Lefevre

Outbreaks: David Chancellor

Medicine in Focus: Dmitry Kostyukov

Hidden Worlds: Simone Cerio

Wellcome Photography Prize 2020

Overall winner: Arseniy Neskhodimov

Mental Health (series): Arseniy Neskhodimov

The Social Perspectives: Marijn Fidder

Hidden Worlds: Jenevieve Aken

Medicine in Focus: Julia Gunther and Sophia Mohammed

Mental Health (single image): Benji Reid

Wellcome Photography Prize 2021

Overall single image winner (a £10,000 prize): Jameisha Prescod

Overall series winner (a £10,000 prize): Yoppy Pieter

Managing Mental Health

Single image: Jameisha Prescod

Series: Morteza Niknahad

Fighting Infections

Single image: Aly Song

Series: Yoppy Pieter

Health in a Heating World

Single image: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

Series: Hashem Shakeri

See also

List of photography awards

References

External links

Photography awards

Photography in the United Kingdom

Awards established in 1997

Annual events in the United Kingdom

1997 establishments in the United Kingdom

Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Photography Prize