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See Through the World Around You
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October 2008
On Sale: October 16, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 0670020400
EAN: 9780670020409
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Non-Fiction Photography
A beautiful and utterly mesmerizing view of everyday
objects. Using security scanners and x-ray machines, Nick Veasey
creates beautiful, unsettling, inside-out images that
reveal—like never before—the intricacy of everyday objects,
animals, and plants. Whether the spectacle of an x-rayed
Boeing 777, the elaborate geometry of an mp3 player’s
circuit boards, or the ethereal grace of a translucent
daffodil, each page of this book is an absorbing work of
art. In a security-obsessed age, Veasey’s work is subtly
subversive, as it uses sophisticated technology to discover
inner beauty rather than concealed dangers. Veasey captures the x-ray images on film in a lead-lined
studio. (He works on the outside of the studio when the
machines are operating.) Once the x-ray has been exposed,
it is scanned at ultrahigh resolution, using special
equipment tailored for the process. These digital images
are then composed and embellished on a computer. The whole
process can take weeks or even months—but the results speak
for themselves.
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