The ANTerior Segment Imaging Competition from Eye News and Keeler promotes and celebrates the work of slit-lamp imaging, culminating in cash prizes and exposure for its winners.
After a successful run in 2024, the ANTS Imaging Competition is back, and you are invited to submit your entry for a chance to win one of our three prizes! Shortlisted entries will be gain a special mention in our annual imaging supplement, and the winners will benefit from the following:
- 1st Place: £300 Amazon voucher, imaging cover feature
- 2nd Place: £200 Amazon voucher, Eye News cover feature
- 3rd Place: £100 Amazon voucher, Eye News cover feature
Submit your entry here.
The image(s) must be:
- of the anterior segment
- taken using a slit-lamp
- a high resolution / 300dpi
- in either .JPEG or .PNG format.
Our rules are:
- UK entries only
- a maximum of 3 entries per person
- no trade entries (we only accept submission from healthcare professionals)
- and no digital enhancing is allowed.
It’s really important that:
- you are responsible for obtaining permission and consent from the patient
- and that no identifiable information is present in the image(s).
- Our submission window is open from 1 April 2025 – 31 May 2025.*
- The deadline for all submissions is 31 May 2025.
- Our judging will take place between 1 June – 23 June.
- Winners will be announced 5 August to coincide with the launch of our fourth imaging supplement from Eye News.
Submit your entry here.
* Entrants agree upon submission that if chosen as a winner or runner up, they are happy for their photo to be used by Eye News and Keeler on their respective social media and promotional platforms.
Replicating the same format as last year, the competition will be overseen by our four judges:
- Rosalyn Painter: An ophthalmic imager for nearly 20 years, Rosalyn’s passion for anterior segment imaging starting early in her career. As ex-Chair of the OIA, ophthalmic lead for the University of Gloucestershire Healthcare Science (Ophthalmic Imaging) degree, Rosalyn also manages the GREG education team and works clinically at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT.
- Richard Bell: Richard is a qualified senior medical photographer and ophthalmic research co-ordinator at the Newcastle Eye Centre (NEC), and an external examiner with Gloucestershire University, with numerous photographic awards to his name. Richard is also Co-chair of BARS and registered with the AHCS.
- Nicola Bennett: As Head of Clinical Education at Keeler, Nicola brings a profound understanding of eye health and optical imaging to the competition. Nicola is extremely passionate about eyecare and enjoys educating eyecare professionals worldwide on the full Keeler product portfolio.
- Hamza Mussa: An optometrist, Hamza runs a social media-based education page known as The Crazy Optom. He has a special interest in education and ophthalmic imaging. Hamza currently works as a lead optometrist in Oxfordshire and is the College of Optometrist's councillor for West Midlands.
Reflecting on his experience of judging for the 2024 competition, Richard Bell stated that, “As one of the competition’s judges, ‘astonishing’ was the first word that sprung to me as I looked through [the] photographs. It was quite difficult to select not just the winning submission but also the runners-up and third place winners. There are a lot of things to consider while judging a photography competition, such as composition, exposure, the focussing, meticulousness, and accurate interpretation of the brief. A huge thank you to everyone who entered and made this a fun competition to judge; every entry did just that, and it was an absolute pleasure to judge.”
