John Rae Wins 1st Place in SDN 2017 Contest!

SDN is thrilled to preseant the winners of our recent Call for Entries, Celebrating the Global Community. The judges selected one first-place winner and four honorable mentions. The work submitted was outstanding and a clear demonstration of the commitment and interest in documentary photography and visual storytelling. The first place winner is John Rae from the US for his project The Positive Community, documenting people living with AIDS around the world and how HIV/AIDS, no longer a death sentence but a manageable disease with proper treatment, is still not without its struggles. The Positive Community will be featured in the upcoming issue of ZEKE magazine.

We very much want to thank the jurors for their contribution to this Call for Entries:

Barbara Ayotte: Senior Director of Strategic Communications, Management Sciences for Health

Jeff Campagna: Associate Photo Editor, Smithsonian Magazine

Elizabeth Cheng Krist: Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic

Kurt Mutchler: Senior Photo Editor for Science, National Geographic magazine

Quentin Nardi: Chief Photo Editor, Smithsonian Magazine

Glenn Ruga: Founder and Director, Social Documentary Network; Executive Editor of ZEKE magazine