10 February 2011 - This month, art will once again meet science as particle physics laboratories in Asia, Europe and North America open exhibits to showcase images from the first Global Particle Physics Photowalk.
Starting Feb. 11, art enthusiasts around the world will have the opportunity to view photographs from the Particle Physics Photowalks at CERN in Switzerland, Fermilab in Illinois and KEK in Japan. Photowalk exhibits will also open in Canada at TRIUMF on Feb. 21 and in Germany, organized by DESY, within the next year.
"Five of the world's leading particle physics laboratories joined together to host the Photowalk, and now we are collaborating again to highlight the many stunning images we received," said Katie Yurkewicz, director of the Office of Communication at Fermilab and co-chair of the InterAction Collaboration, the organization that sponsored the Photowalk. "The exhibits are the perfect way to cap off this global event."
The Global Particle Physics Photowalk took place on Aug. 7, 2010. More than 200 amateur photographers received special behind-the-scenes access to scientific facilities at CERN, DESY, Fermilab, KEK and TRIUMF on tours tailored to the creative eye.
The participating photographers submitted thousands of photos for local and global competitions. Each Photowalk exhibit includes the local winners from that particular laboratory's competition. All five Photowalk exhibits feature the two global winners, Mikey Enriquez's photograph of the 8Pi experiment at TRIUMF and Hans-Peter Hildebrandt's photograph of a wire chamber at DESY.
More information about the Photowalk exhibits is available here: http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1030491
Visit http://www.interactions.org/photowalk for more information about the Global Particle Physics Photowalk.
To view more than 100 of the top photographs from the Photowalk, including the global winners and finalists, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/interactions_photos/collections/.
A Photowalk calendar that features the winning photographs is also available to download: http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1030288
The members of the InterAction Collaboration represent particle physics laboratories in Asia, North America and Europe. The collaboration plans to host the next Photowalk in 2012.
Media contacts
CERN - Renilde Vanden Broeck, +41 22 767 2141, press.office@cern.ch
DESY - Thomas Zoufal, +49 40 8998 1666, thomas.zoufal@desy.de
Fermilab - Elizabeth Clements, + 1 630 840 3351, lizzie@fnal.gov
KEK - Youhei Morita, +81 29 879 6047, youhei.morita@kek.jp
TRIUMF - Tim Meyer, +1 604 222 7674, tmeyer@triumf.ca