Nikon’s Small World

Celebrating 50 years of images captured by the light microscope.

Nikon’s Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. The Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography. The video competition, entitled Small World In Motion encompasses any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope.

If you’re anything like me, you’ll find these enthralling! I could look at the images all day.

The featured image (above) is the 1st place winner of the 2021 Photomicrography Competition. Trichome (white appendages) and stomata (purple pores) on a southern live oak leaf by Jason Kirk.