CERN has announced the 3 winners and 18 runners-up of the CERN Photowalk 2025, a behind-the-scenes photo competition, which received 165 submissions. The three winners – two chosen by a local jury, one selected by the CERN community – will now be submitted to the Global Physics Photowalk and judged alongside pictures from all around the world.
On 27 May, CERN opened its doors to 17 photographers and invited them to explore, through their lens, the accelerators of tomorrow. This year’s competition, entitled “CERN Photowalk 2025: Future Colliders”, took them to four unique locations, from the galleries of the High-Luminosity LHC – the successor to CERN’s current flagship accelerator, the LHC – to the Laboratory’s main workshop.
The jury prizes were awarded to Marc Goodwin for his evocative image of the places where the High-Luminosity LHC is taking shape, and to Cedric Favero for his unique perspective of a scientist at work. The public vote went to Erik Kuna, whose picture of a cabling machine resonated with the CERN community.
Their pictures are a nod to the groundbreaking research and development work taking place at CERN, from the development of hardware components that don’t exist anywhere else, to their incorporation into some of the biggest research instruments ever built, to the people who make it happen.
Winners of CERN Photowalk 2025
The 21 finalist and 3 winning pictures were chosen based on how well they fitted with the theme and how they represented the facility depicted, as well as on their artistic and aesthetic merit. The jury was composed of professional and amateur photographers and of communications, exhibition and design specialists.
Many of the pictures submitted will be featured in visit points across the Laboratory for years to come. All the participants will be featured in turn on CERN’s social media channels, while the 21 runner-up pictures will be displayed in an exhibition at CERN, open to all visitors. The three winners will be granted a private visit of CERN, and their pictures will be submitted to the Global Physics Photowalk, organised by the Interactions collaboration, a worldwide network of communications professionals from large high-energy-physics laboratories.
All the photographs taken at CERN are available on the CERN Document Server.
Read more about the Global Physics Photowalk here.
