What if you could see the internal workings of a microphone or a flower? How about a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes or even a United Airlines Boeing 777? Using primarily X-ray and other scientific imaging equipment, Nick Veasey, a British photographer and filmmaker, captures the ordinary, the mundane objects of our everyday lives revealing their surprisingly fascinating interiors.
Veasey’s laborious creations are pseudo-scientific in technique and practice yet unconventional and thought-provoking pieces of art. Veasey has X-rayed over 4,000 objects ranging from cornet trumpets and other musical instruments, to New York buses and orchids. The Diasec-mounted works of art are sleek and incredibly design conscious-- Veasey can make even a farm-tractor look riveting. Conceptually, his works are equally captivating: in a world where so much emphasis is placed on outward beauty and aesthetics, it is refreshing to see an artist look beyond the surface of things-- to show the inner beauty of our most banal objects (of course, Jimmy Choo is never banal!).
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