The International Images for Science photography exhibition is coming to Manchester as part of the Manchester Science Festival.
The annual competition recognises a combination of scientific content and aesthetic quality. In an increasingly visual world, good images of science are often the key to unlocking the curiosity of people.
Since its foundation in 1853, the Royal Photographic Society has been dedicated to supporting and promoting both the art and the science of photography. The first International Images for Science Exhibition was held in 2011, with the second, larger exhibition in 2013, touring the UK and internationally. In 2015, Siemens plc, who are also sponsors of this year’s science festival offered to support the exhibition as part of the Curiosity Project.
The competition recognises that Photography and science are intimately linked. Photography would be impossible without science – chemistry, optics, electronics have all played their part in helping us gather images. Yet photography is often invaluable in science, either in recording science or in communicating it to others.
The winners were picked from more than 2,500 entries from all over the world. The competition was run by the Royal Photographic Society with support from Siemens who are also the headline sponsors of the festival.
This is the only chance that people in the North West will get to see the images
The exhibition will be at the Royal Exchange Theatre for the duration of the festival – October 20 to 30.
