Last September, hundreds of amateur and professional photographers streamed into particle physics laboratories around the world to photograph state-of-the-art equipment, laboratories and people, in all their beauty and complexity. Now, the citizens of the world are invited to vote for their three favorite photos as part of the “people’s choice” global photowalk competition.
In total, the Particle Physics Photowalk brought nearly 400 photographers to 10 leading physics laboratories. After a short pause for downloading, processing and, in some cases, actual developing, the photographers submitted their best photos to a series of local competitions. From these competitions emerged the top 10 photos from each participating country.
View the 40 finalists and cast your vote on the InterAction website.
In addition to the people’s choice winner, a panel of international judges will select a second global winner. Both winning photos will be announced in March and will be displayed in laboratory exhibits around the world. They will also appear in symmetry and the CERN Courier.
Get out there and vote! Voting closes at noon CST on Monday, February 25.
A photographer lines up his shot at the Fermilab Particle Physics Photowalk.
This year's photowalk offered the opportunity for photographers to explore:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, USA
- Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire, UK
- Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, UK
- Fermilab in Illinois, USA
- Frascati National Laboratory in Frascati, Italy
- Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Gran Sasso, Italy
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK
- Southern National Laboratory in Catania, Italy
- TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada
- United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, UK
