One of photographyβs watershed moments occurred in 1965, when the cover of Life magazine featured Lennart Nilssonβs photograph of a living human embryoβthe first time life at such an early stage had been captured on film. His classic bestseller A Child Is Born featured stunning photographs of life in the womb and earned him the sobriquet βThe da Vinci of medical photographyβ (Chicago Tribune). Now, in this major work, Nilssonβs extraordinary images encompass a full human lifespan.
Using the worldβs most exacting equipment, Nilsson reveals the interior form of the entire human body and its intricate workings as never seen before, in a book that is as stunning to behold as its contents. Featuring thoughtful essays by both a noted scientist and a renowned editor, LIFE shines a penetrating light on all of lifeβs fundamentals.
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