In celebration of the International Day of Light, the May photo competition has the theme of light. This could be anything from the role of light in science (including images taken using telescopes and microscopes) to light painting and astrophotography; or you could take a photo of nature: a sunrise or reflections on a lake… get creative!
We would love to see your photos – just email us at jiaps@iaps.info, tag us on social media or post your photos in the #photos channel of the IAPS Discord. You don’t have to be a current physics student to enter.
As well as the monthly themes, jIAPS always enjoys seeing Physics-related photos, including photos of events organised by IAPS and other Physics societies. You can see some of the best photos of Physics events here.
Previous Photography Competition Winners:
April – Quantum (in celebration of World Quantum Day)
Winner – 🇬🇧 Erin Douglas
‘The lighting was in my favour and the clarity of the imagery, captured, as the light meets the earth in the reflection of water, speaks for itself. They say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. April 15th 1912, the Titanic sank on its voyage to New York. In light of the new Quantum technology & the QFS, I thought it ‘timely’ of this clarity of light. Leonardo da Vinci himself, I thought, could paint this imagery. Who also was born in April 15th.’
March – Mars’ Day and Pi Day; or a physics-related photo
Winners – Anna Liptrott 🇬🇧🫖 and 🇷🇸 Zlatan Vasović
February – Something you enjoy or love; or a photo of a physics event
Winner – 🇬🇧🇮🇪 Patrick Dalton, with a photo of PAMSOCPlankers (Patrick, Tim, Megan, Tiarnán) from Queen’s University Belfast enjoying the UK/IRE PLANCKS Prelims.
January – New Year’s Resolutions
Winner – 🇩🇪 Mario Gaimann
December – Photos of the festive season
As it was Christmas in December, we had two winners:
🇬🇷 Cleo Vasilikou
and Cristina Balsells
November – Thanksgiving (either the celebration, or something you are thankful for); preparations for winter/summer; or November.
Winner – 🇬🇧 Sophie Gresty
Each year our university student scout and guide organisation host a science jamboree in conjunction with the university and this year I mentored a group to deliver an activity and then delivered some myself. We delivered some magnetism activities to five Cub units (groups of 8-10 year olds) I was delivering mag-lev pencils.
October – Halloween/Oktoberfest/October-in-your-country
Winner – 🇲🇰 Evgenija Pandova
organized by the Macedonian Physics Students Society