Applications Invited For 2019 Nikon Small World Contest for Recognizing Excellence in Photography

Organization:

Nikon Corporation also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. Nikon is one of the world's leading suppliers of products and solutions based on advanced opto-electronics and precision technologies. The company is famous for its cameras and binoculars, but we make a whole range of other products too.

About the Event:

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.

Benefits:

• Exhibition Tour: Each year, the top 20 prize-winners are exhibited at numerous museums and science centers 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.

Prizes:

• 1st Prize - $3,000; 2nd Prize - $2,000 ;3rd Prize - $1,000; 4th Prize - $800; 5th Prize - $600; 6th Prize - $400; 7th-10th Prizes - $300 ;each 11th-20th Prizes - $200 each. Honorable Mentions - $100 each Images of Distinction - Nikon Backpack (or equivalent)
• Prizes for top 3 winners are paid by check in US funds and other prizes are paid by Visa gift card also in US funds.

Application Deadline: 30^th April 2019

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