CPOY 65 International Picture Story Award of Excellence: Eye Bank
A narrative picture story or thematic essay photographed in a foreign country that reports on significant events, celebrates life, portrays sport or explores environmental, social, economic or political topics.
Caption
Slide 4 of 8
July 27, 2010
Sankha Narayan Twyana, the Eye Bank manager, places the extracted cornea into a preserving liquid. He will then rush back to the hospital to examine both corneas and to find a recipient who will come for the surgery the following day. Family and friends gather around Twyana as he completes the procedure. They start the cremation ceremonies shortly after his departure.