Global Physics Photowalk 2025

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Global Physics Photowalk 2025

March 10, 2025

A close-up black and white photo of the Inner Shell Spectroscopy (ISS) beamline at NSLS-II

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This close-up shot of the Inner Shell Spectroscopy (ISS) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II, captured by Joseph Caggiano, was chosen as the overall winner of the 2018 Photowalk at Brookhaven Lab.

Editor's note: The following press release was originally issued by the Interactions Collaboration, an international community of particle physics communications specialists that includes members of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Several of the world’s leading science laboratories will open their doors to amateur and professional photographers as they join together to host the Global Physics Photowalk competition.

The Photowalk will give participants a rare opportunity to visit and photograph physics facilities in Asia, Europe and North America — and to get a behind-the-scenes look at where the world’s most exciting science is being carried out today.

The Photowalk includes both local and national competitions. Winning photos from local competitions hosted by individual institutes will be submitted to a global judging panel.

The Global Physics Photowalk is organized by the Interactions Collaboration, who will announce a global shortlist in September, followed by a public vote online. A selection of the winning photos will be published in CERN Courier and Symmetry.

Photographers are invited to register at one of these participating laboratories:

Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven Lab), United States
European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), Switzerland/France
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), United States
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan
National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (CNRS Nuclear & Particles), France
- Annecy Particle Physics Laboratory (LAPP)
- Hubert Curien Pluridisciplinary Institute (IPHC)
- IN2P3 Computing Centre (CC-IN2P3)
- Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator (GANIL)
- Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology (LPSC)
- Marseille Particle Physics Centre (CPPM)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy
Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), United States
SNOLAB, Canada
TRIUMF, Canada

“Physics is beautiful. The Global Physics Photowalk celebrates this beauty and the ingenuity of some of the largest and most advanced research instruments ever built,” said Arnaud Marsollier, head of communications, education and outreach at CERN. “At CERN, we continue to push the boundaries of technology — we invent the future to study the past, as far back as the Big Bang. By opening our doors to international photographers, we would like to invite them to explore the future with us.”

There is limited space available for each local Photowalk and participants must register in advance.

Dates and registration details for each local Photowalk can be found by clicking on the above links, which will continue to be updated, or contacting the local institutes.

Follow the Photowalk on social media with #PhysPics25.

The Interactions Collaboration

The Interactions Collaboration (Interactions.org) seeks to support the international science of particle physics and to set visible footprints for peaceful collaboration across all borders. The www.darkmatter.com website was developed and is jointly maintained by the Interactions Collaboration, whose members represent the world's particle physics laboratories and institutions in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, with funding provided by science funding agencies from many nations.