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52 Award-Winning Photos From Nikon Small World Reveal an Unseen World
Photographers from 69 countries submitted 1,803 images, and judges selected 86 for publication, including a grand prize photo of an inkjet printer.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, Nikon Instruments Inc. announced the winners of its 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, honoring remarkable images captured through the microscope.
- Established in 1974, the competition celebrates the intersection of ingenuity and artistry, inviting scientists and artists to reveal hidden worlds through photomicrography.
- First-Place winner Ole Bielfeldt, a Cologne-based student, used a custom rig to capture inkjet printer ink droplets in motion, reverse-engineering the printer to keep the printhead stationary.
- Judges recognized 86 images this year, including second-place winner John-Oliver Dunn's jumping spider photograph and third-place winners Kaelin Wulf and Rachel Flannery's neurons in an expanded mouse brain.
- Entries for the 2027 Small World and Small World in Motion competitions are now open, inviting photographers and videographers worldwide to submit their microscopic imagery.
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52 Award-Winning Photos From Nikon Small World Reveal an Unseen World
Nikon has announced the winners of its 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year's winning photos celebrate the world's best and most captivating images captured through a microscope, showing the world in an up-close and unique way.
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·New York, United States
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