Picturing health: 35 years of photojournalism at WHO

WHO/Monique Jacot

This exhibit offers a selection of photostories created by photographers from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The images illustrate health programmes established by governments and by WHO and show the work done in various health-related professions by people from all parts of the world.
The pictures presented in the photo galleries come from the files of the WHO "Photographic Archives, Sub-fonds Photographers" and they are accompanied by their original captions.

About the collection

Since its very beginnings, WHO has recognized the power of photographs to communicate – a power that transcends barriers of language, distance and time. Photography was employed early on as a way to inform the public of new developments in healthcare and medical technologies, to give a face to initiatives and projects that might otherwise seem far away, and to increase understanding of global health concerns. Utilizing some of the most renowned photojournalists of the post-war era, the Organization commissioned photographs that were as aesthetically powerful as they were informative, documenting health conditions around the globe. [...]

• Full introduction

PHOTOGRAPHERS LIST

• Paul Almasy

• Charles Blackwell

• Edouard Boubat

• Jean-Philippe Charbonnier

• Robert Doisneau

• Tibor Farkas

• Didier Henrioud

• Claude Huber

• Monique Jacot

• Ajaib S. Kochar

• Peter Larsen

• Erling Mandelmann

• Jean Mohr

• Homer Page

• Marc Riboud

• Tambarahalli S. Satyan

• Eric Schwab

• David Seymour