THE STFC Daresbury Laboratory, near Warrington, was one of a number of major science laboratories to announce a global physics “photowalk” competition for amateur and professional photographers.
Major physics facilities in the UK, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America will open their doors for a rare opportunity to see behind the scenes of some of the world’s most exciting and ground-breaking science.
The photowalk will involve local and national competitions, with the winning national photos submitted to a global judging panel.
Organised by the Interactions Collaboration, and supported by the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), the global shortlist will be announced in August, followed by a public vote.
Confirmed locations include CERN – the home of the Large Hadron Collider – as well as underground laboratories in the US, Australia and the UK; and labs and facilities in Italy, the UK, the US, Canada, and – for the first time – China.
Mark Richardson, chairman of the RPS Science Committee, said: “This is a fantastic celebration of the stunning beauty of science on an international scale. The world’s best scientific research is based on international collaboration, a worldwide melting pot of expertise and technologies, each working for the benefit of our global society and economy. The photowalk is a rare opportunity to capture work behind the scenes at the world’s best international laboratories and capture it, frame by frame.”
Dr Andrew Taylor, Executive Director of the National Laboratories for the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, said: “We are incredibly excited to be hosting a photowalk at our national laboratories. It’s a unique opportunity for photographers to see some of the incredible science that happens here in the UK, and to share it with the public in a new and exciting way”. Further details for the STFC Photowalk can be found at www.stfc.ac.uk/photowalk.
Laboratory to stage photography competition
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