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Category Archives: Photography
A leaf on the family tree
Study for Transmission no. 3 Binh Danh, 2006 leaf preserved in resin Haines Gallery A timely post from Sciencesque identifies two artists, the late Axel Erlandson and Binh Danh, whose medium is living plant material. Binh Danh’s leaf prints are … Continue reading
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Deep Blue Seaweed
Anna Atkins Dictyota dichotoma cyanotype from Photographs of British Algae, 1843-1853 Like many women in science of previous centuries, Anna Atkins (1799-1871) had the immense advantage of an educated father. John George Children was a prominent scientist and member of … Continue reading
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Fashionable nature
Still life: Photography by Guido Mocafico Guido Mocafico has worked as a fashion photographer, but his interests range from landscape to still life to nature to architecture. His website is a true cabinet of curiosities, including collections of jellyfish, snakes, … Continue reading
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Faces of Poverty
Beavis Tom Stone, 2006 Stoneth’s Photos on Flickr Tom Stone Gallery Now that John Edwards has made poverty one of his platform issues, we’ll no doubt be hearing a more about it in the news again. But these haunting photographs … Continue reading
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A Garden of Neurons
Purkinje Cells Ludovic Collins, confocal micrograph Wellcome Biomedical Image Awards 2006 After they get over the thrill of cutting it up, my students occasionally complain that brain tissue looks boring (somewhat like pinkish white cheese). Perhaps because the brain is … Continue reading
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Alessandra Sanguinetti’s On the Sixth Day
Hungry Hyaena: Alessandra Sanguinetti at Yossi Milo Gallery I saw a selection of photos from Sanguinetti’s series, On the Sixth Day, when I visited New York last month. The exhibition had a powerful emotional impact, but since we were doing … Continue reading
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