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DESY triumphant in international particle physics photo competition

Photo: Hans-Peter Hildebrandt, won the public vote with a large margin and was awarded second prize by the international jury

An international jury and a public vote confirm: the best photographers of particle physics come from around Hamburg. The winners of the Global Particle Physics Photowalk have now been announced - and four out of the six winning pictures where taken during DESY’s photowalk. The winners were determined by an international jury and by a public internet vote.
 
The portrait of a wire chamber, a part of a particle detector, immediately catches they eye. Its photographer is Hans-Peter Hildebrandt from Pinneberg, normally an amateur nature photographer. „To take these technical pictures was a great challenge for me. I had visited DESY before but thanks to the photowalk I had enough time to concentrate on each subject. And now I really like taking technical pictures,” said Hildebrandt. His picture had already won the local competition. It also won the public vote with a large margin and was awarded second prize by the international jury.

A picture of two quadrupole magnets in the HERA tunnel – called the “kissing lips” by the jury – won the third prize. This picture was taken by retiree and amateur photographer Heiko Römisch. Matthias Teschkes’ picture of the HERA tunnel which literally takes the view ‘around the bend’ won the third prize in the public vote.

Photo: Heiko Römisch, won the third prize by the international jury

Photo: Matthias Teschke, won the third prize in the public vote