[News-releases] Vancouver Photographer Wins Global Physics Photowalk Competition by Capturing Childhood Memories

Mon Dec 14 08:37:46 PST 2015

News Release | For Immediate Release | Monday, December 14, 2015

Vancouver Photographer Wins Global Physics Photowalk Competition by
Capturing Childhood Memories

(Vancouver, BC) – In September, eight research laboratories from around the
globe hosted over 200 photographers at their world-class facilities for a
unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and capture the beauty of physics
through the  <http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=5999> Global Physics
Photowalk 2015. From thousands of submissions, each laboratory curated a
shortlist of photos for the global competition. An international panel of
judges comprised of artists, photographers, and scientists scrutinized the
photos to crown winners in the Jury Category. A public, online vote
determined winners in the People's Choice Category.

First Place in the Jury Category is awarded to Katy Mackenzie’s photograph
of  <http://www.triumf.ca> TRIUMF’s Main Control Room. For the
Vancouver-based mortgage broker and hobbyist photographer, the photo yields
childlike marvel and memories associated with visiting her father, since
retired TRIUMF senior research scientist, on the job over 30 years ago. 

“My father worked at TRIUMF,” explained Mackenzie. “I have vivid memories of
sitting on the floor of the Control Room watching him work. I was too young
to tell time and imagined the clock was a countdown to some super secret
mission launch.” 

“This photograph speaks to the human experience and everyday qualities of
work, science, and technology,” noted Juror Robert Bean, an artist, writer
and professor at Nova Scotia University of Art and Design University in
Canada. “The mix of analog and digital technologies,” he said, “is
indicative of how scientific knowledge emerges from the hybridity of things.
Alexander Graham Bell would approve.”

“The emotional component of the human element is strong,” noted Juror Yael
Fitzpatrick, design and branding manager at American Geophysical Union. “We
want to know what the woman [in the photo] is thinking. And the injection of
a bit of humor from the Starship Enterprise at the top of the frame is a
lovely counterpart to the serious tone elsewhere.”

Elena Bylinskaia, an accelerator operator at TRIUMF for over ten years, is
the woman featured in Mackenzie’s photo. “I am glad to work in a strong team
of operators,” said Bylinskaia. “This job is very diverse and challenging.”

Second Place in the Jury Category is awarded to Mark Killmer’s photograph of
the temporary laboratory set up in Australia’s  <http://www.coepp.org.au/>
Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. 

Third Place is awarded to Robert Hradil’s photo, The Incredibles. The photo,
taken in the  <http://home.cern/> CERN restaurant, spontaneously captures
the knowledge transfer between the past, present, and future. 

In the People’s Choice Category, over 3,800 online votes were cast to
determine the winners.

*	First Place is awarded to Molly Patton’s photograph at SUPL,
revealing an electric mining drill. Patton was inspired by the underground
laboratory as it “lights the way for dark matter detection and future
particle physics research.”

*	Second Place goes to Pietromassimo Pasqui’s photograph at
<http://edu.lnf.infn.it/> INFN National Laboratory of Frascati, Italy,
featuring a vacuum chamber and mirror carrying a laser beam for the SPARC
accelerator.

*	Third Place is awarded to Rosemary Wilson’s photograph at
<http://www.desy.de/> DESY of Hamburg, Germany, detailing a detector wire
chamber that took data at the HERA collider from 1992 to 2007.

The winning photos can be viewed along with more information about the
competition’s judges at  <http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1035363.>
interactions.org. Photographs will be featured in
<http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/> symmetry magazine, in the
<http://cerncourier.com/cws/latest/cern> CERN Courier, and as part of a
travelling exhibit across laboratories in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North
America.

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GLOBAL PHYSICS PHOTOWALK PARTICIPATING LABORATORIES

*	CERN (Switzerland)
*	DESY (Germany)
*	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (USA)
*	INFN Frascati National Laboratory (Italy)
*	KEK (Japan)
*	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (USA)
*	SUPL (Australia) 
*	TRIUMF (Canada)

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trainees collaborates with Canadian and international users who visit the
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Media Contact

Lisa Lambert

Head, Strategic Communications

TRIUMF <http://www.triumf.ca/> 

1.604.222.4356

lisa at triumf.ca

GLOBAL JUDGES

Robert Bean is an artist, writer and curator living in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He is a Professor at NSCAD University. Bean has edited books and
published articles on photography, contemporary art and cultural history. He
is a contributor to the Cineflux Research Group at Nova Scotia College of
Art and Design University and the Narratives in Space and Time art and
mobility project. Bean was the Artist in Residence at the Canada Science and
Technology Museum, Ottawa, in 2010. In 2014, Bean curated the exhibition
“Stan Douglas Photographs” shown at the Ryerson Image Centre in conjunction
with the Scotiabank Photography Award. Bean's artwork is in public and
private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art
Gallery of Nova Scotia, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie)
Karlsruhe, Germany and the Donovan Collection, University of St. Michael’s
College, Toronto.
<http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/mediaarts/faculty/robert-bean.aspx
>
http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/mediaarts/faculty/robert-bean.aspx 

Yael Fitzpatrick is the Design and Branding Manager at American Geophysical
Union, the world's largest organization of Earth and space scientists based
in Washington, DC. Fitzpatrick brings more than 25 years of design and
management experience as a former Art Director and publications
professional, including 18 years in scholarly publishing and communication,
most recently at Science. Fitzpatrick has extensive experience with
journals, magazines, and books in print and online, and expertise in content
ranging from general daily news to highly technical academic research.
<http://www.yaelfitzpatrick.com/> www.yaelfitzpatrick.com/

Dr. Joe Hanson is a biologist, science writer, and the creator and host of
PBS Digital Studios’ science education series It’s Okay To Be Smart, which
takes a fun-loving look at the world of science through the lens of pop
culture, art, and comedy.  Joe’s award-winning writing has been published in
WIRED, Nautilus,  <http://scientificamerican.com/> ScientificAmerican.com,
and It’s Okay To Be Smart has been nominated for IAWTV and Streamy Awards
for excellence in online video.  <http://youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart>
youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart and  <http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/>
itsokaytobesmart.com

Keibun Miyamoto is a photographer, film director, and novelist. Miyamoto was
born in Saitama Prefecture Urawa, Japan, and attended the Nihon University -
College of Art, and the New York School of Visual Arts. He worked in New
York for several years and later returned to Japan. Miyamoto’s photography
portfolio ranges from advertising clients, to magazines and editorials, to
television and film.  <http://whiskystudio.net/> http://whiskystudio.net/

Jan Peters is a documentary filmmaker specializing in Super 8 from Berlin.
Born in Hanover, he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and in
1994, co-founded Abbildungszentrum, the filmmakers' collective. Peters is a
radio play author and video artist. He is particularly known for his playful
and experimental use of accident and imperfection to emphasize the film as a
medium as well as his exploration of the dynamic between narrator and
audience. Peters masterfully interweaves a documentary style with unexpected
elements such as satire, monologue performances, and forays into fiction,
yet his oeuvre is constantly growing more diverse in style and content.
Peters was awarded the Collide at CERN Geneva Award Winner in 2013.
<http://arts.web.cern.ch/jan-peters> http://arts.web.cern.ch/jan-peters 

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