Photography Award
Moving Worlds: The Science of Movement
Nothing on Earth stands still. Birds travel thousands of kilometres between seasons. Fish follow routes older than memory. Seeds drift on the wind. Ocean currents carry nutrients across continents. People move, too, bringing with them knowledge, traditions, skills, and new ways of seeing the world.
Movement shapes the living world. It connects distant places, transforms environments, and leaves its mark on cities, coastlines, forests, fields, waterways, and communities. Scientists study these journeys to understand how species survive, how landscapes change, and how communities respond to shifting conditions.
Call for Photographers
Photographers from around the world are invited to take part in the inaugural edition of Through Southern Lenses: Science in Focus. This international award celebrates scientific achievements, challenges, and human stories from the Global South through the power of photography.
With a USD 20,000 prize, the initiative highlights the vital role of visual storytelling in bringing science closer to society.
News

Through Southern Lenses holds award ceremony and presents exhibition of winning photographic essay in Rome
Event at the Brazilian Embassy in Rome will present the award to Peruvian photographer Musuk Nolte; the exhibition from May 7 to June 19 also features winning essays from the FCW Photography Prize, Brazil’s most prestigious award

Through Southern Lenses Announces Winner of Inaugural Edition
Musuk Nolte, from Peru, wins the first international photography prize launched by the Conrado Wessel Foundation (FCW) in partnership with TWAS, with the essay “Planting Water”.

UNESCO-TWAS and Conrado Wessel Foundation Launch International Photo-Essay Award: Through Southern Lenses: Science in Focus
New global initiative uses photography to spotlight science in the global South