Product Description
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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)

Alternate Perspective by J. Reiter (Arizona)

5 Stars
August 29, 2009
Nick Veasey's book X-Ray is a delightful and stunning offering of a unique perspective on just about everything via X-rays. Highly recommended for photographers and film makers alike, this will broaden your views on subject matter and film. A great book for older children showing a new way to explore the world. Stunning x-ray photographs from the simple to the complex.

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