Winners of the 2025 Fermilab Photowalk unveiled and submitted to world competitors

Three photographers have captured profitable pictures in Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory’s 2025 Photowalk competitors. These photographers will transfer on to the worldwide Photowalk, with their photos competing with images from laboratories world wide. 

The profitable images, in alphabetical order by photographer, are “The Underside of Quantum Computing” by Mark Kaletka of Batavia, Illinois, “SSR1” by Krsto Sitar of Lombard, Illinois, and “QUANTUM COMPUTING” by Perry Slade of Aurora, Illinois.

A panel of 4 Fermilab judges reviewed 63 images submitted by 21 photographers. They chosen three profitable photos that represented the science and spirit of America’s premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory.

On Saturday, July 26, 2025, two dozen photographers visited Fermilab from throughout the U.S.; two even got here from Europe. Guided by scientists and workers, the photographers obtained unique, behind-the-scenes excursions of areas and experiments which might be sometimes not accessible to the general public: the Quantum Garage on the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center, the Muon g-2 experiment corridor, the Short Baseline Near Detector (SBND), the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology/Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (FAST/IOTA) facility and the Industrial Center Building.

“It was an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to participate in the 2025 Fermilab Photowalk. Photography’s my way of showing how I see the world and this recognition inspires me to keep creating,” mentioned profitable photographer Perry Slade from Aurora, Illinois.

“I’m very familiar with Fermilab, so I especially enjoy seeing it revealed through new perspectives — an unusual angle, the play of light or a close-up detail that transforms the familiar,” says Georgia Schwender, visible arts coordinator at Fermilab. “What intrigues me most is the sheer range of possibilities; every photographer brings their own way of seeing, reminding us that even the most well-known places can surprise us when viewed through a fresh lens. Serving as a judge for this contest was an honor, and it gave me the chance to experience Fermilab through the creativity and vision of others.”

Kaletka’s, Sitar’s and Slade’s profitable images will now advance to the worldwide Global Physics Photowalk competition. A shortlist of worldwide finalists will probably be introduced by the Interactions Collaboration in September, adopted by a last choice by means of a jury and public vote. The winners of the worldwide competitors will probably be featured in a future challenge of the CERN Courier and in Symmetry magazine.

The Fermilab Photowalk is a part of the worldwide occasion organized by the Interactions Collaboration, a global group of science communicators devoted to telling tales about particle physics analysis and achievements. Fermilab has taken half in earlier Photowalks organized by Interactions, and this yr is considered one of 16 taking part particle physics laboratories on three continents. Winners from the native contests advance to the worldwide Photowalk competitors, the place the ultimate winners will probably be chosen later this fall.

Fermilab will show a choice of images from the Photowalk in Wilson Hall’s second-floor Art Gallery in September. A reception for will probably be hosted from 3 p.m. to five p.m. on Sept. 5 on the Fermilab Art Gallery. No registration is required for this occasion. Wilson Hall is open to visitors on Monday by means of Friday from 7:00 a.m. to five:00 p.m. All guests age 18 and older should current a Real ID-compliant type of identification to enter.