Still in Love with Polaroid

Typically, you won't see the ghostly images of an x-ray unless you've broken a bone, need wisdom teeth removed, or think you swallowed something you shouldn't have. Visual artist Nick Veasey and medical physicist Arie van 't Riet explore the internal nature of nature using the vehicle of x-rays. Take anything, animate or inanimate, fire radiation at it, and you will end up with a delicate skeleton of the object; often just overlaps of density outlined with a whisper of distinction from the black background. Nick Veasey "To create these x-ray artworks serious risks and procedural hurdles need to be managed. The results are worth the hassle. X-ray allows us to see what is normally hidden to the human eye. It reveals the subjects from the inside out and allows us to appreciate what the world around us is truly made of.   In contemporary life, where so much of what we see has been embellished or has a level of artifice, the honesty and integrity the x-ray revea

With recent technology and engineering, artists are able to show the world a different perspective on everyday complex objects. As a deli sandwich would look when sliced in half, these photos show the interwoven or stacked components of the object.  DSLR Camera AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm Nikon D3 As much as it pains me to see such an expensive piece of equipment rendered useless, it is as fascinating as seeing beneath the skin of a human body .  Leica Lens Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M ASPH via tokyobling  and  demilked Golf Balls These images were taken by photographer James Friedman  as part of his series " Interior Design ." "Curiosity led me to cut my collection of golf balls in half to see what the cores looked like. To my surprise, what I found inside inspired me to consider that I could discover, in the unlikeliest of places, elegant formal qualities and surprising meta

Artists are bending the visual rules of art by creating illusion pieces. Check out these genius works of art! Hovering Tree from StreetArtUtopia : Created by German artists Daniel Siering and Mario Shu via feeldesain Invisible Sculptures by Bruno Catalano French artist Bruno Catalano created these unique sculptures to celebrate the city of Marseilles, France's status as the European Capital of Culture 2013. Depending on the angle, these sculptures look like they are just missing the core of their bodies.  "Inspired by travel, his surreal bronze sculptures represent a world citizen who's in search of his or her own missing pieces." ( alice , Blogger, MyModernMet) photos by Robert Poulin via mymodernmet

Our fourth cruise destination was the nationally split island of St. Martin. St. Maarten? Sint Maartin? Spelled several ways, the island is governed half by France and half by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This island is another that relies heavily on tourism, so you can see that the port  is a popular cruise destination.  Many people on the island work for tourism companies such as land and boat tours, as well as excursions (jet ski rentals, speedboat rides, zip line adventures, etc.). We docked next to another Royal Caribbean ship in the morning. It was a neat experience, walking up the dock in between two floating hotels.  We took a closed bus tour around the island, and our tour guide navigated the narrow roads with ease. One of the first things he pointed out was the amount of casinos on the Dutch side. It is illegal to have casinos on the French side, so they all come over to gamble on the Dutch side. However, on the French side, there are topless and nude beaches, so some