About the Wellcome Image Awards

The 12th Wellcome Image Awards were announced on 20 June 2012, recognising the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images among recent acquisitions to Wellcome Images, as chosen by a panel of judges. For more information on how the winning images are chosen, view a video from the 2011 judging.

As a result of a partnership, this year the Wellcome Image Awards features two images from the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To learn more about the Koch Institute Public Galleries and Image Awards, visit their website.

The winning images are on display in Wellcome Collection until 31 December 2012.

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About Wellcome Images

Wellcome Images is the world's leading source of images of medicine and its history, from ancient civilisation and social history to contemporary healthcare, biomedical science and clinical medicine. More than 180 000 images ranging from manuscripts, rare books, archives and paintings to X-rays, clinical photography and scanning electron micrographs are available on the Wellcome Images website.

How can I use these images?

All images are freely available online for private study, non-commercial research, single copies of criticism and reviews, examination papers and theses, and personal use by individuals.

Commercial and editorial reproduction fees are offered at competitive rates. For more information, contact Wellcome Images (email images@wellcome.ac.uk).

How can I contribute to Wellcome Images?

If you are a research scientist, a clinical photographer or an illustrator, we would love to see your work. You can access a wider audience through our biomedical image collection, which is used by clients across the world. All contributors receive commission and full credit for image uses, while retaining their original material and copyright.

To find out more, visit images.wellcome.ac.uk

or contact Sabrina Taner:

T +44 (0)20 7611 8360
E s.taner@wellcome.ac.uk