Documentary still life - web
While searching the web for documentary still life images that captured my interest I stumbled upon a link for an exhibition. This was for the X-ray Vision - Fish Inside and Out exhibit held at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The collection of images for this exhibition was put together by Sandra Raredon, who works at the museum to "provide insight into the study of fish without damaging the specimen." http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/
The beauty of these photographs comes from the tiny details that the X-ray reveals, the patterns and symmetries that come from the bone structure of the the creatures nature created.
The questions I find I'm asking myself after viewing these images is what role technology has in artwork and photography in the future? What other ways of 'seeing' is there that doesn't necessarily rely on the visual spectrum? Are X-ray photographs something I could produce for my own work?
Although I have not currently found any commercially available X-ray camera equipment, I am inspired to look into other ways of photographing that are outside of the visible spectrum, such as infra-red or ultra-violet photography.
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