DEADLINE: April 30, 2015
NIKON’S
SMALL WORLD
RECOGNIZING
EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
THROUGH
THE MICROSCOPE
The
Nikon International Small World Competition first began in 1975 as a means to
recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through
the light microscope. Since then, Small World has become a leading showcase for
photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines.
A
photomicrograph is a technical document that can be of great significance to
science or industry. But a good photomicrograph is also an image whose
structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to
several levels of comprehension and appreciation.
The
Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography
through the microscope. Truly international in scope, entries have been
received from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America,
Asia, and Africa. Winners have included both professionals and hobbyists.
The
subject matter is unrestricted and any type of light microscopy technique is
acceptable, including phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence,
interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed
techniques. Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel
of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and
photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality,
informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
DIGITAL
ENTRIES
Contestants
may enter the Competition by uploading digital images directly to our Small
World servers at MicroscopyU.com. Before you begin, read the Contest Rules and
prepare your images for uploading according to the instructions. You may also
download an Entry Form in portable document format (*.PDF) for submission of
entries by mail (via CD, DVD, thumb drive, or 35 mm slide).
PRIZE
LIST
Winners
will receive one of 20 prizes, sorted according to rank in the competition.
First prize is $3,000 toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
EXHIBITION
TOUR SCHEDULE
Each
year, the top 20 prize-winners are exhibited at numerous museums and sciencecenters throughout the United States and Canada. Many winning images are also
featured on the covers of prestigious scientific and industrial journals.
SMALL
WORLD GALLERY
The
Nikon Small World Gallery gives you a glimpse into a world that most have never
seen. It is a window into a universe that can only be seen through the lens of
a microscope. Included in the Small World Gallery are images from the most
recent competition and winning photomicrographs dating back to 1977.
VISIT
MICROSCOPYU
The
Nikon Small World galleries are also featured on Nikon’s MicroscopyU, an
educational forum for all aspects of optical microscopy, digital imaging, and
photomicrography. Together with the scientists and programmers at Molecular
Expressions, Nikon microscopists and engineers are providing the latest
state-of-the-art information in microscope optics and imaging technology
including specialized techniques such as fluorescence, differential
interference contrast (DIC), phase contrast, reflected light microscopy, and
microscopy of living cells.
Complete
information on all products and services offered by Nikon Instruments.
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