Do you like taking pictures of your work in the field — tracking polar bears, for example, scaling glaciers, examining fossils? Or of what you see daily in the laboratory, perhaps under a microscope or in a Petri dish?
If so, why not enter our second annual #ScientistAtWork photo competition? Here’s how it works. Just send us your favourite picture (and any questions) to photocompetition@nature.com, or upload your image to Twitter or Instagram with the tag #ScientistAtWork. All entries (no more than one per person) must reach us by the end of March. The winning images will be chosen by an independent panel of Nature editors and art staff, who will be looking for pictures that tell an interesting story and reflect the variety of work that scientists do.
We will publish the five winning entries in the 26 April issue of Nature. As well as being highlighted in these pages, winners will receive a year’s personal subscription to Nature, in print and online. (And eternal glory, of course.)
The stories that came with last years’ images were as compelling as the photos themselves. After taking her winning entry, Kseniia Ashastina found herself staring down a gun barrel, having raised the suspicions of two locals who’d been digging up and selling the tusks of woolly mammoths (you can read how that turned out at go.nature.com/2gbob7w).
We’re looking for images that highlight the working life of scientists in a dynamic, creative way. Heavily edited images will not be considered (see the terms and conditions on our dedicated blog at go.nature.com/scientistatwork), and photographs must be of high-enough quality (300 dpi at 220 millimetres wide) to appear in print.
Good luck, and we look forward to seeing your submissions.
Photography: Science on camera
