ARSENIC 2021

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Photography in Medical Physics has evolved into ARSENIC, bigger and better than ever!

For 2021 we have joined forces with the Better Healthcare Technology Foundation and expanded the competition in reach and scope. Entries are invited from Physicists and Engineers working in Medicine as well as their colleagues from related professions. Submissions beyond the traditional photography are welcomed. So if you’ve harbored a talent for painting, drawing, sculpture or even textile art we’d love to see your work. A separate category encompasses GPS recorded patterns created by walking, cycling, swimming, rowing or other forms of self propelled human movements.

The purpose of the competition remains to celebrate our exciting professions, to show off visually stimulating aspects of the work of Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, and, importantly, to have fun.

Basics

  • Participants submit art works in digital format, always retaining the copyrights to their work and with the permission for us to use the images within outlined rules
  • Submission is open to any practicing or aspiring member of an ACPSEM affiliated profession, and their colleagues.
  • The images are assessed by a panel of judges based on their visual impact, storytelling aspects, and technical quality.
  • The images are presented to the public and all are invited for a public vote.
  • Prizes are awarded during EPSM, including glass trophies for first prize and certificates for 2nd and 3rd

Categories

T – Technical

P – Professionals at work / working from home

A – Anything else creative

GPS – Patterns of self propelled human movement

Each submission needs to be submitted as a digital file. For categories T, P and A this would be the photograph or a scan/photograph of the physical art piece. For the GPS category, please include a screen capture of your movement as recorded by the GPS tracker of your choice (Strava, MapMyFitness, FitBit etc) as well as a photograph of you from the trip (along with any accompanying friends, colleagues, children or pets).

Image display and use

Selected images may be displayed at EPSM, published on the ACPSEM/BHTF websites, their newsletters, on the our website, journal, related social media and in other publications. Participants agree for their images to be used as part of the submission. We will do our best to always provide image credit.

We will potentially use selected images for promotional items. If you wish to not have your image included with those, please advise so with an email at the time of image submission.

Terms and Conditions

Deadline for image submission is 10 Oct 2021

Image submission is digital via this upload site

Image type: JPEG

Image size: as large as possible – don’t kill any pixels!

The submitted image file name should contain the name of the artist, the category and the name of the image separated by spaces, e.g.: “VVanGough_A_ComputerImage-MyEar.jpg” (for P, T and A) or “UBolt_GPS_GroceryRun-a.jpg and UBolt_GPS_GroceryRun-b.jpg” for the map and photo from any GPS art.

Submission is open to any practicing or aspiring member of an ACPSEM affiliated profession and their colleagues.

Each person may submit up to five entries in total and specify a category for each image in the file name as described above (we might change the category if needed).

Copyright for all submitted images remains with you, the artist. By submitting an image you grant the organizers a non-exclusive license to publicly show your image(s) printed or in electronic form as described above.

By submitting an image you affirm that any people shown in the image have agreed to be there and are ok with the image being shown publicly and possibly being printed/sold. You further affirm that your image does not violate any copyright laws.

In addition, submissions of artworks using patient medical images must include evidence that the patient has given consent for the artwork to be publicly exhibited. 

Equipment can and likely will be visible in many images. We ask that all vendor identifiable equipment is treated with respect (we love our vendors!). We also ask that the display of vendor names and logos in the images is kept to a minimum.

The organisers reserve the right to exclude any submission that are unsuitable.

There is no time limit on when the art work or image has been created, however, images may not have been previously submitted to the Photography in Medical Physics or the StravaArt competitions.

We much appreciate the continued support from the Gamma Gurus.

PiMP Winners 2020

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The results of the 2020 Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition have been announced as part of the virtual Award Ceremony of the 2020 Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference.

PiMP awards were given for the best images as judged by our panel of professionals and for people’s choice, the “Public PiMP” award.

Professional Judging

1st Place

Georgia Friend – Don’t Drop the Ball!

2nd Place

Michael Jameson – Imaging The Natives

3rd Place

Duncan Butler – Graphite Cavity Chamber

People’s Choice – “Public PiMP Award”

1st Place

Georgia Friend – Don’t Drop the Ball!

2nd Place

Michael Jameson – Imaging The Natives

3rd Place

Luis Munoz – PhD Life

Thank you!

A big thank you to all participants, judges and online voters! We could not do this without you.

Thanks to Scott Crowe, Victoria Mulrennan, Ben Clarke and the entire EPSM 2020 Team as well as to Susie Zhong from the ACPSEM office for your kind help with PiMP 2020.

We would also like to thank Hans and Jason of the Gamma Gurus for their continuing support of our competitions!

Cheers,

Joerg Lehmann (PiMP Master) and Alannah Kejda (PiMP Mistress)

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Public PiMP award 2020

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It’s time to vote for the 2020 Public PiMP award. Here is a link to the finalists.

Please pick your three favorites (in order) and vote using the link on the left bottom of the page. We have changed the voting form and also added a “Caption this” competition this year. Check it out and get creative!

Voting will close on Tuesday, 3 Nov 2020 at 5 pm, Brisbane time.

Judging 2020

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We would like to thank our 2020 Judges for their effort and expertise:

Paige Taylor, Houston, USA,
Medical Physicist

Leslie Duffin, Caves Beach, Australia
Gallery Owner

Kimberly Sayre, San Francisco, USA
Professional Photographer

Stephen Kry, Houston, USA,
Medical Physicist

Mercury Megaloudis, Melbourne, Australia
Australian Photographer of the Year

Marcel van Herk, Manchester, UK
Medical Physicist

The winning images will be announced during the virtual EPSM 2020 together with the winners of the 2020 PiMP People’s Choice award. Stay tuned for the invitation to vote for People’s Choice!

At Distance Together – PiMP 2020 – Call for submissions with a special category

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As in previous years, we are calling for submissions to the Photography in Medical Physics competition. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all our lives and workplaces, we have added a special category in the hope that taking photos will help in coping with the situation and also document the efforts and circumstances. As “Social Distancing” and working in isolation away from colleagues and the social fabric of our workplaces become necessary, we want focus on that we are all in this together.

Under the name “At Distance Together” we are calling for images that show how your work life as a Medical Physicist has changed and how you are dealing with the overall situation. If this resonates with photographers and we receive suitable submissions, we will consider showing these images prior to the official judgement though our various outlets with the intend to spread the hope and give encouragement.

As before, we will have the two categories covering technical and social aspects of our profession. So, the 2020 categories are:

T – Technical / Technology. This category is for images that display the beauty of technical aspects of our field, as well as for those using photographic techniques such as long exposures.

P – Professionals at work. This category is for sharing people focused and other (fun) parts of the job. (You might want to use the longer lens to keep the recommended distance to others).

ADT – At Distance Together. How has “Social Distancing” and working in isolation impacted your work? Photograph to inspire, encourage and/or amuse others and to document these times. (There is no limit on the number of submissions per person in this category. Start submitting now and repeat often. The images might be displayed throughout the year.)

As before, images will be judged by a jury of professionals from Medical Physics and Photography. The criteria are visual impact, storytelling aspects, and technical quality. The top three images in each category will be honoured with the winners receiving the highly coveted “PIMP awards”. We will also be hosting the public’s choice prize, the “Public PIMP award”, as voted on by members and staff of the ACPSEM.

We hope to show selected images at the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, EPSM 2020 in Brisbane. Images will be published on the ACPSEM website, its newsletter, on the PiMP website, related social media and in other publications. In the last three years some images were printed on metal and auctioned off during EPSM, with all proceeds donated to the Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) benefiting the advancement of medical physics and engineering, especially in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. We hope to also have an auction benefiting the foundation again this year. If you prefer not to have your image in the auction, please indicate this at submission. This will not impact your chances of winning.

Terms and Conditions

  • Deadline for image submission is Sunday 9 August 2020 17:00 AEST
  • Images must be photographs. This includes those taken with camera phones.
  • For all images, small image corrections and modifications in image editing software are allowed, but the impact of the image needs to arise from the initial capture and not from a post processing effect.
  • Image type: JPEG
  • Image size: as large as possible – don’t kill any pixels!
  • Image submission is digital via this upload site 
  • The submitted image file name should contain the name of the photographer, the category (P, T or ADT) and the name of the image separated by spaces, e.g.: “ EdwardLeica_ADT_MyHomeOffice.jpg”
  • Submission is open to any practicing or aspiring Medical Physicist
  • Each person may submit up to five images in total (for T and P) and specify a category for each image in the file name as described above (we might change the category if needed). There is no limit on the number of submissions for the ADT category.
  • Copyright for all submitted images remains with you, the photographer. By submitting an image you grant the organisers and ACPSEM a non-exclusive license to publicly show your image(s) (printed or in electronic form) to promote ACPSEM and this and future competitions. Image credit will be given. Unless informing us of the contrary when submitting your image, you also agree for your images to be included in an auction benefiting APSIG.
  • By submitting an image you affirm that any people shown in the image have agreed to be there and are ok with the image being shown publicly and possibly being printed/sold. You further affirm that your image does not violate any copyright laws.
  • Equipment can and likely will be visible in many images. We ask that all vendor identifiable equipment is treated with respect (we love our vendors!). We also ask that the display of vendor names and logos in the images is kept to a minimum.
  • The organisers reserve the right to exclude any submission that they deem non-suitable

Start now and submit early!

The competition is organized by Joerg Lehmann and Alannah Kejda as a social activity of the NSW/ACT branch of the ACPSEM. It is kindly supported by sponsorship from the Gamma Gurus.

We hope participating in the competition will provide you with fun and diversion. The goal is to celebrate our exciting profession and to show off visually stimulating aspects of the work of a Medical Physicist, always, and especially in these times.

We look forward to your submissions!
Joerg and Alannah

Submit Here

PiMP Winners 2019

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The results of the 2019 Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition have been announced at the “Gamma Gurus Gala Dinner” of the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, EPSM 2019 in Perth last week.

PiMP awards were given in the two categories “Technical / Technology” and  “Professionals at work”, as judged by our panel of professionals. Additionally the winner of the “Public PiMP” award was chosen by members and staff of the ACPSEM.

Professional Judging – Category T “Technical / Technology”

1st Place (shared)

Reza Alinaghi “Radiation ISO”
Duncan Butler “Half a mm”
Duncan Butler “microBeam Crossfire”

2nd Place

Peta Lonski “Branching Out”

3rd Place (shared)

Gray Lu “Tree Of Life Mini”
Reza Alinaghi “Electron Tree 2”
Duncan Butler “Balls Eye View”

Professional Judging – Category P “Professionals at work”

1st Place (shared)

Alicia Moggre and Anna Arns “Cat And Mouse”
Max Hanlon and Stephanie Keehan “Subverting Unconscious Gender Bias”

2nd Place

Reza Alinaghi “Headleakage”

3rd Place

Amy Walker “Retrofitting”

People’s Choice – “Public PiMP Award”

1st Place

Max Hanlon and Stephanie Keehan “Subverting Unconscious Gender Bias”

2nd Place

Anna Arns, Victoria Beenstock, Paul Ronaldson “Christmas Radiation Tree-tment”

3rd Place

Amy Walker “Retrofitting”

Thank you!

A big thank you to all participants, judges and online voters, to Tegan Rourke & the EPSM 2019 Team and to Susie Zhong from the ACPSEM office.

We would also like to thank Hans and Jason of the Gamma Gurus for their continuing support of our competitions!

Cheers,

Joerg Lehmann (PiMP Master) and Alannah Kejda (PiMP Mistress)

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PiMP 2019 – Call for submissions

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Hello again!

As you may have guessed, we are planning to have another competition this year. Since the format has worked well in 2018, we will not change much for PiMP 2019, except for the submission process, which is described below. We will again have two categories this year:

T – Technical / Technology. This category is for images that display the beauty of technical aspects of our field, as well as for those using photographic techniques such as long exposures.
P – Professionals at work. This category is for sharing people focused and other (fun) parts of the job.

Images will be judged by a jury of professionals from Medical Physics and Photography. The criteria are visual impact, storytelling aspects, and technical quality. The top three images in each category will be honoured with the winners receiving the highly coveted “PIMP awards”. We will also be hosting the public’s choice prize, the “Public PIMP award”, as voted on by members and staff of the ACPSEM.

The images will be shown at the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, EPSM 2019 in Perth. Selected images will be published on the ACPSEM website, its newsletter, on the PiMP website, related social media and in other publications. In the last two years selected images were auctioned off, with all proceeds donated to the Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) benefiting the advancement of medical physics and engineering, especially in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. We plan to also have an auction benefiting the foundation again this year. If you prefer not to have your image in the auction, please indicate this at submission. This will not impact your chances of winning.

Terms and Conditions

  • Deadline for image submission is Sunday 28 July 2019 17:00 AEST
  • Images must be photographs. This includes those taken with camera phones.
  • For all images, small image corrections and modifications in image editing software are allowed, but the impact of the image needs to arise from the initial capture and not from a post processing effect.
  • Image type: JPEG
  • Image size: as large as possible – don’t kill any pixels (new)
  • Image submission is digital via this upload site (new)
  • The submitted image file name should contain the name of the photographer, the category (P or T) and the name of the image separated by spaces, e.g.: “ThomasSony_T_CTscannerAtNight.jpg”
  • Submission is open to any practicing or aspiring Medical Physicist
  • Each person may submit up to five images in total and specify a category for each image in the file name as described above (we might change the category if needed).
  • Copyright for all submitted images remains with you, the photographer. By submitting an image you grant the organisers and ACPSEM a non-exclusive license to publicly show your image(s) (printed or in electronic form) to promote ACPSEM and this and future competitions. Image credit will be given. Unless informing us of the contrary when submitting your image, you also agree for your images to be included in an auction benefiting APSIG.
  • By submitting an image you affirm that any people shown in the image have agreed to be there and are ok with the image being shown publicly and possibly being printed/sold. You further affirm that your image does not violate any copyright laws.
  • Equipment can and likely will be visible in many images. We ask that all vendor identifiable equipment is treated with respect (we love our vendors!). We also ask that the display of vendor names and logos in the images is kept to a minimum.
  • The organisers reserve the right to exclude any submission that they deem non-suitable

Start now and submit early!

The competition is organized by Joerg Lehmann and Alannah Kejda as a social activity of the NSW/ACT branch of the ACPSEM. It is kindly supported by sponsorship from the Gamma Gurus.

Have fun and take some great images showcasing Medical Physics. As always, the goal is to celebrate our exciting profession and to show off visually stimulating aspects of the work of a Medical Physicist.

We look forward to your submissions!
Joerg and Alannah

Submit Here