Capturing life's precious moments after valve disease treatment.

Heart Valve Voice, in collaboration with The Royal Photographic Society, hosted a photography competition throughout 2018 to help raise awareness of heart valve disease, its prevalence and symptoms and to educate audiences that with appropriate treatment, patients can return to a good quality of life.

The competition was twofold, with a regional entry phase where a winner from each region was chosen. Each regional winner then moved onto the national phase of the competition and were paired with a heart valve disease patient from their region. They created a photo documentary capturing what life after heart valve disease means through the eyes of the patient. On the 10th October the finalists exhibited at the Houses of Parliament and over the coming months at hospital heart clinics across the UK as part of a road show to celebrate the first European Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day.

To see all of our regional winners see the Winners' Gallery above.

To join the conversations around the competition online use #NewValveNewMe