For this Monday's post I've decided to do something a little different. Typically we highlight an artist of interest but I have come across this amazing website that just won't fit in to the normal blog structure. I know I could have formatted this to work as a Thursday blog but it just seemed more appropriate to do for Monday. I felt it was important to show the work of these few artists rather than focus on one. These photographs are more scientific than anything and for that reason It would be hard to write about the photographer ( They don't have an art background and I can't find credible outside sources of their work!) . This website called Wellcome Images is " one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from social history to contemporary health care and biomedical science." Each image is available to the public in digital form which is so convenient. From ancient Sanskrit manuscripts to Tibetan Buddhist paintings, you can find a great variety of information and types of imagery. The work that I have focused on is classified as part of the " Biomedical Collection" which is a compilation of over 40,000 high-quality images selected from the UK's research institutions and leading teaching hospitals.
The first image in the group of 4 is by a man named Yorgos Nikas. This is a beautiful picture of a human embryo after "zona drilling". The second image, done by David Gregory and Debbie Marshall is a color enhanced image of what a lung looks like on its inner surface. Image number 3 is by Annie Cavanaugh and its a picture of red blood cells. Lastly, Liz Hirst shows us what an actual split end looks like...not so great.
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