Complete the online application form here. Applications close on 23 March 2025, 23:59:00 CET. CERN will select participants from those who have completed the application form. Successful applicants will be informed by 30 April 2025, 12:00:00 CET.

Unfortunately, it will not be possible to contact unsuccessful applicants. Only one application per person will be accepted.

Yes. We want you to have a great CERN Photowalk and to share your experience with a wider audience via social media. Please list your main social media accounts in the application form.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

CERN employees and users, as well as their family members, are not eligible to register.

By registering for the CERN Photowalk 2025, you indicate that, if selected, you will travel to CERN (near Geneva, Switzerland) for the day of Tuesday 27 May 2025 and attend the event in person. You are responsible for your own expenses and logistics for travel, accommodation, and other costs. Lunch on the day will be provided.

You will need to bring a passport or equivalent travel document with you that matches the information provided on the application form, both for identity verification purposes and because you may cross the border between Switzerland and France during the event.

Photos will be taken at this event, both by CERN and other participants of the CERN Photowalk. By registering to the CERN Photowalk, you give your consent to appear in any photos taken at the event that CERN decides to use or that are used by any third parties.

Nationals of all countries can apply. We remind you that you are responsible for all costs of your attendance at this event, including travel to and from CERN and your subsistence and accommodation in the region.

No, registration and/or attendance does not qualify you for news media credentials at any CERN event, either now or in the future.

CERN is organising an “invitation-only” Photowalk on Tuesday 27 May 2025. At this event, a handful of photographers will get the chance to come to CERN, the European Laboratory for particle physics, for an unforgettable day spent discovering the technologies of the future.

Apply now for a chance to be one of the lucky few to:

• Take part in an exclusive CERN Photowalk 
• Discover CERN 
• Enjoy lunch with CERN physicists in the Laboratory’s restaurant 
• Share your #PhysPics25 photos on social media from the laboratory where the World Wide Web was born 

The best photos will be selected by a local jury to be exhibited at CERN.

Each laboratory will then choose three photos to be submitted to the Global Physics Photowalk. A public vote and an international jury will finally select the Global winners, who will have the opportunity to be featured in Symmetry magazine and the CERN Courier.

An opportunity not to be missed!

You must use a camera/smartphone with at least ten megapixels for the competition. In addition, you are welcome to bring lower-resolution devices to post images on social media.

No, each place is for one named person only (you) and is non-transferable. Each individual wishing to attend must apply separately.

If you are not available on Tuesday 27 May 2025 to participate in the CERN Photowalk, you should not apply for this event.  

If, believing you are free on Tuesday 27 May 2025, having registered, and having subsequently been selected, you then are unable to attend, please let us know so that your place can be reallocated.  

The CERN Photowalk is part of an international competition known as the Global Physics Photowalk. If you are unable to come to CERN, you may be able to attend a CERN Photowalk at a laboratory closer to you. You can also follow the conversation on social media with the hashtag #PhysPics25.

All participants in the CERN Photowalk will be required to sign a “Transfer of Copyright in Images” release, stating that the images that they take during the event and which they choose to submit to CERN for the competition (i.e. not all the images that they take – only the ones they decide to submit to CERN) will become the copyright of CERN.

However, participants will nonetheless be granted a perpetual, non-exclusive, geographically unrestricted licence to use the submitted images for their own purposes, and CERN’s use of any image submitted during the event will be used with an appropriate credit for the photographer responsible for capturing the image.

The release document will be provided to the chosen participants by the Organization ahead of the event.

Local jury: CERN will select ten winning pictures by local jury and public vote. In addition, we will select three finalist images from the submitted photos. The jury consists of members from the physics and cultural fields at CERN.

International jury: the locally selected photos will participate in the international competition in autumn 2025. Both public and jury awards will be granted. 

Selection criteria: Photos will be primarily evaluated based on their visual, aesthetic, and emotional quality. Originality and scientific relevance will also be considered.

Awards and communication: The results of the local competition will be announced in summer 2025 on the dedicated competition website and CERN’s digital channels. The ten winning pictures will be exhibited at CERN.

International winners will be announced through the Interactions collaboration’s media and scientific publications.

• Photos must be submitted by 10 June 2025, 23:59:00 CEST (two weeks after the event).
• Photographers must submit between 3 and 10 pictures to the competition. 
• Photos must be provided in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 24 MP.
• All image formats and orientations are accepted.
• The use of generative AI to add, remove, or modify elements of the image is not permitted. AI-based noise reduction is allowed.

Each photo must be accompanied by the following elements:

• Title (maximum 80 characters): Brief and engaging.
• Image caption (300 to 900 characters): A free-form text describing what the photographer perceives or aims to highlight through the image.