The exhibition Sketches of Science: Photo sessions with Nobel Laureates is a display of 42 portraits of Nobel Prize laureates shot by German photographer Volker Steger.
Each of his meetings with the laureates began with Steger laying a blank sheet of paper and a box of crayons in front of them, after which he challenged them to: “Draw your discovery!” Once completed, a portrait was taken of the laureate holding the drawing.
The portraits and a selection of original drawings included in the exhibition are complemented by interviews and presentations of the Nobel laureates and their discoveries.
Many of the photographs were taken in connection with the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. The exhibition has been produced by the Nobel Museum in collaboration with Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Interviews has been made in collaboration with Nobel Media.
Sketches of Science was shown on a global tour
Stockholm, Nobel Prize Museum
17 March 2016–4 September 2016
Moscow, GUM
21 October 2015–30 October 2015
Hannover, Hannover Messe
13 April 2015–17 April 2015
Washington D.C., House of Sweden
5 March 2015–29 March 2015
California, University of California, Davis
5 January 2015–28 January 2015
Seoul
13 October 2014–23 November 2014
Sendai, Tohoku University
28 July 2014–31 August 2014
Okinawa, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
12 May 2014–6 July 2014
Kuala Lumpur, Petrona’s Gallery
6 December 2013–31 January 2014
Singapore, Science Center
16 September 2013–22 November 2013
Mainau, The Castle
24 June 2013–25 August 2013
Heidelberg, Carl Bosch Museum
22 February 2013–31 May 2013
Berlin, Landesvertretung Baden–Würtemberg
17 January 2013–5 February 2013
Frankfurt Airport
6 December 2012–9 January 2013
Stockholm, Nobel Prize Museum
9 June 2012–16 September 2012
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