After capturing life and research two kilometres underground, three Sudburians are now contenders in an international physics photography contest.
An international award could be in the mix for three Sudbury-based amateur photographers who’ll have a chance at the Global Physics Photowalk 2025 competition thanks to a competition a little closer to home — but still about two kilometres underground.
Tasked with capturing the people and science that make Sudbury’s deep underground research lab tick, eight Sudbury-based amateur photographers took part in the SNOLAB Photowalk Competition in May.
Each photographer submitted five photos, and following “an internal adjudication process,” 40 images were narrowed down to three.
Those three photos will be submitted to the Global Photowalk Competition, created by the Interactions Collaboration.
The top three images from SNOLAB are:
Delicate Work by Jason Innes
Rough et prêt by David Gagnon
SNOLAB under the surface by Ingris Leiva
A global shortlist will be announced later in September, followed by a public vote online. A selection of the winning photos will be published in the CERN Courier and Symmetry magazine.
In addition to the global competition, SNOLAB will curate local exhibits of work from all eight local photowalk participants later this fall. You can view a selection of photos from the SNOLAB photowalk event online here.
You can also follow the Photowalk on social media with #PhysPics25.
“Thank you to all the photographers who gave their time and talent to help share SNOLAB with the world,” wrote SNOLAB director of research, Ray Bunker, in a press release. “Their work, like the science they document, is inspiring and I look forward to seeing it move on with photography from other labs.”