Monday, April 18, 2011

Underneath all the Layers: X-Ray Photography


For this week I decided to stray from my capstone topic and explore photography in a different way. I stumbled upon photography Nick Veasey's website on the work he does. I thought it was really interesting to see that his work consists of x-ray photography. This is something that most of us think we need to have done to see if we have broken a bone or not. Not for Nick, instead he sees it as an art form and something beautiful that takes away all the layers of superficial appearance in everyday objects and shows what is underneath.


I feel like Nick’s work goes back to Ben Van Dyke’s saying of originality and how it equals failure. While this definitely is originality and a form of art that I have never seen before, I feel like it is something that catches my eye and makes me look at things in the world in a totally different way than I had before. Yes, this work is original but I still feel like we can relate to it because Nick uses everyday objects that we see and turns them into art and by giving them an interesting look that is x-ray photography. Make sure you check out his site at http://www.nickveasey.com/


19 comments:

  1. AWESOME! I took a look at all his projects and my favorite was Man and Machine. I think it would be interesting if Nick photographed a portrait series of famous people, but of course all we would see is there skeletal structure and the name of the person.
    Just a random thought haha.

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  2. Keith- That would be really cool to see!

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  3. There are some really great images on his site! i was particularly intrigued by the insects. They look so cool because their skeleton is actually on the outside. I think it is very original and different because it turns a scientific perspective into an artistic one!

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  4. These pictures look sick. I have to disagree with you Jessica, the bug ones completely gross me out, but I love the flowers. I wonder how you do that? Isn't that really expensive?

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  5. Sheri-He shows his process of how he does it on the website, but I am not sure how expensive it is nor how healthy this is for him...

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  6. Really fascinating and beautiful images. Although I think I might have nightmares from some of those toy shots...

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  7. Those are amazing. It is so cool to see something everyday in a completely different way. Though, to echo Nina, some of them....especially the insects.

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  8. Hehe, Sheri, are you afraid of bugs?
    Jess I liked the bug ones too :)

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  9. Those are really striking pictures! It's a simple but unorthodox method that produces some interesting results.

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  10. You were sitting next to me so you know I went through pretty much all of these as soon as I went to his website. Very interesting. I might have to buy his book.

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  11. I knew of an X-ray tech who took abandoned prints home and lined his windows with them... it's great looking and unexpected art.

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  12. Those are so beautiful! I love the plant ones, very delicate. And I agree with the comment that the toys are creepy, but still amazing.

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  13. Such an interesting concept! Such beautiful work showcased here

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  14. Awesome photograph! And the rest of the work is pretty amazing.

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  15. I think the image used for this post was very dynamic and appealing. It really gets your point across!

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  16. Really cool pictures. A little creepy too. Reminds me of airport security.

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  17. Love these pictures they make me want to x-ray and find what thinks will look like.

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  19. I agree with keith, the man and machine, great parallel too- reminds me of medical imaging and the design of our body/how it functions.

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