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For over 40 years, Orbis International has been dedicated to saving sight worldwide. Our work is fueled by a simple belief: everyone deserves the gift of vision. Now, we want to see the world through your eyes. Orbis invites you to the 2025 "Visionary" Youth Photography Competition! Grab your phone or camera and share a photo that tells a story—a moment of kindness, friendship, or everyday magic. Let's celebrate the beauty that you see all around you.

Competition Themes

See What Moves You

Theme 1

See What Moves You

Use your phone or camera to capture the kindness, warmth, and quiet beauty that flow through everyday life — those fleeting moments that make your heart ache, your eyes glisten, or your breath catch. True emotion doesn’t always come from grand gestures. Sometimes, it hides in the simplest acts of care, in the quiet corners of our daily lives. Freeze those moments with your lens, and share the story behind what touched you. Let the world see it — and let your love and light travel farther than you imagine.

See Different Cuteness

Theme 2

See Different Cuteness

Hey dreamers — grab your camera and hunt for all the wonderfully weird kinds of cute! Freeze those moments that make you grin, giggle, or burst out laughing — the kind of “not-so-typical cuteness” that only you can spot. Add your own funny take or inner monologue, and show the world your one-of-a-kind, delightfully quirky way of seeing things!

Timeline

Open Submission

November 1, 2025

Close Entry Submission

Nov 30, 2025

Round 1: Screening

Dec 1 – Dec 4, 2025

Round 2: Panel Review

Dec 5 – Dec 10, 2025

Round 3: Final Judging

Dec 11 – Dec 20, 2025

Announcement of Results

Dec 31, 2025

Awards

First Prize

1 winner
First Prize

prize: Apple iPAD (A16, 2025) and certificate from Orbis International

Second Prize

2 winners
Second Prize

prize: DJI Osmo Action 4 and certificate from Orbis International

Third Prize

3 winners
Third Prize

prize: Apple AirPods 4 and certificate from Orbis International

Merit Award

50 winners
Merit Award

Certificate from Orbis International

About Orbis International

"Sight" is not something to be taken for granted. For every individual living with eye diseases or vision loss, their greatest longing is for "visible hope." On April 17, 2014, China’s first Orbis Flying Eye Hospital officially landed, bringing the gift of sight to countless patients.

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Regional Caribbean Project - Kingston, Jamaica - March 25 to April 12, 2019

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Regional Caribbean Project - Kingston, Jamaica - March 25 to April 12, 2019

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Regional Caribbean Project - Kingston, Jamaica - March 25 to April 12, 2019
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Accompanied by his mother, Bayarkhuu (age 3), an oculoplastics patient is prepped for surgery on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Accompanied by his mother, Bayarkhuu (age 3), an oculoplastics patient is prepped for surgery on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Accompanied by his mother, Bayarkhuu (age 3), an oculoplastics patient is prepped for surgery on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.
Geoff Oliver Bugbee / ORBIS Orbis 2020 - Book Project Edit Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee / Orbis

Geoff Oliver Bugbee / ORBIS Orbis 2020 - Book Project Edit Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee / Orbis

Geoff Oliver Bugbee / ORBIS Orbis 2020 - Book Project Edit Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee / Orbis
Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Program - Hanoi, Vietnam - May-June 2015 - Do Anh Bao, 8 months, clung with enthusiasm to Dr. James Brandt's finger while being examined in the pediatric glaucoma clinic during Week 2 of the Orbis Hanoi program.

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Program - Hanoi, Vietnam - May-June 2015 - Do Anh Bao, 8 months, clung with enthusiasm to Dr. James Brandt's finger while being examined in the pediatric glaucoma clinic during Week 2 of the Orbis Hanoi program.

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Program - Hanoi, Vietnam - May-June 2015 - Do Anh Bao, 8 months, clung with enthusiasm to Dr. James Brandt's finger while being examined in the pediatric glaucoma clinic during Week 2 of the Orbis Hanoi program.
Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Project - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - August 12-30, 2018.—.Media consented patient #29485 — Khash-Erdene, age 7, flashed the ‘camera

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Project - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - August 12-30, 2018.—.Media consented patient #29485 — Khash-Erdene, age 7, flashed the ‘camera

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Project - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - August 12-30, 2018.—.Media consented patient #29485 — Khash-Erdene, age 7, flashed the ‘camera
Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.

Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.

Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (August 2024) — Nandig-Egshig (4) had bi-lateral congential cataracts. Her right eye was operated on with an IOL implant during a pediatric clinical week of training on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (August 2024) — Nandig-Egshig (4) had bi-lateral congential cataracts. Her right eye was operated on with an IOL implant during a pediatric clinical week of training on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (August 2024) — Nandig-Egshig (4) had bi-lateral congential cataracts. Her right eye was operated on with an IOL implant during a pediatric clinical week of training on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.
Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.

Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.

Sarnai is a 4-year-old girl from a nomadic family living in the countryside. She presented with a hemangioma (benign tumor) that was removed from her inner eyelid in April of 2022 by Dr. Battsetseg at Hospital (MCH), an Orbis partner hospital, in Ulaanbaatar.

Every photo submitted shines a light for those in need.

About Title Sponsor - HOYA

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Since 2021, Orbis has partnered with global vision care company HOYA to reach more people with quality eye care and transform lives. HOYA offers financial support, equipment donations, and professional training to assist Orbis in promoting children's vision screening, glasses provision, and capacity building of eye care practitioners via Orbis's award-winning telemedicine and e-learning platform, Cybersight. HOYA's sustainability strategy, "One Vision" aims to integrate three pillars globally — environment, community, and workplace — and at the community level continues to advance eye health, volunteer screening, and vision awareness initiatives. In China, in 2023 HOYA Vision Care launched a child eye health project in collaboration with the Shanghai United Foundation to support Orbis China to carry out vision screening, training, and eye health education programs in rural China.

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FAQ

We welcome any participants who are between 12 years old and 18 years old, regardless of where they live.