A new edition of the photo and video contest of the ICMAB, FOTICMAB 2019, has been opened between April 15th and May 26th and the winners were announced during last Friday’s ICMAB party .

We want to congratulate our Postdoc, Albert Queraltó,  winner of the scientific category with the photo you can see above; “Nanoroses”. He has been also finalist of the artistic category with the photos: “Dawn in Santa Pau” and “Pondering”.

  Let’s see the story behind each one:

Scientific Category

First prize: Nanoroses, by Albert Queraltó

“The picture was taken by Scanning Electron Microscopy of a YBCO superconducting film grown from chemical solutions, following a transient liquid assisted growth method. The colors reflect two different chemical compositions, the YBCO layer in green, and copper oxide segregations in red.”

   

Artistic Category

Finalist: Dawn in Santa Pau, by Albert Queraltó

“The picture was taken at dawn in, a partially-cloud day. The location is the medieval town of Santa Pau (Girona), and the bicycle was in a private garden which the owner kindly let me access for the shot.”

   

Finalist: Pondering, by Albert Queraltó

“The statue can be found in the medieval town of Santa Pau. I took the picture because, at that time, it represented the quietness that one must experience when evaluating life.”

   

   

Congratulations Albert, you deserve it!