Photo Credit: Nick Veasey
The X-Ray Photography of Nick Veasey exhibit is opening in Orlando, Florida with a reception Friday, October 17 from 7 pm to 9 pm at Millenia Fine Art, and will run October 17 to December 11, 2008. Also opening the same night is a photography and sculpture exhibit by artist Joseph Rossano.
Details
Millenia Fine Art
555 South Lake Destiny Drive, Orlando, FL 32810
More info: 407-304-8100
About Nick Veasey
In a world obsessed with superficial appearance, Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to look beyond the surface of objects, transforming the mundane into the fascinating. Veasey came upon his unique artistry from an unlikely source. While working as a photographer/designer for morning television in England, he was assigned the task of x-raying soda cans in search of the winning code for a contest. Though he never found the winning can, he found beauty in x-ray images.
Veasey says, "I thought, 'there's something to this.' It was one of those life-changing experiences. I just left behind everything else I was doing." Veasey spent the following three months working with scientists to refine his technique. Today the Artist spends most of his time shooting with equipment in laboratories and hospitals, wearing a lead-lined apron to protect himself against radiation, blurring the boundaries between art and science. “I enjoy working alongside scientists in creating images that utilize different types of equipment. Some of my best work has come from listening to those who use the equipment daily and have a thorough understanding of its use.”
Veasey’s work proves that appearances can be deceiving … even below the surface. His image ‘Gunman’ depicts a suited man and reveals the gun he has concealed in his coat pocket. He may be a police officer, a mobster, or a corporate executive. By exposing the precarious facts, Veasey leaves his viewer with questions, not answers.
Another merging of art with science is the Artist’s extensive ‘Doll series.’ Inspired by the new trend in genetic engineering and designer babies, these images have an ominous, otherworldly feel. These dolls make the viewer question whether we truly know where we are going with genetic engineering. His softer imagery of flowers and feathers reveal the delicate side of nature, gaining him world-wide commercial success with his famous x-ray flower image on the face of Adobe PhotoShop software packaging.
Another famous image is an x-ray of people on a bus. The figures are engaged in quiet activities one expects to see on a typical public bus; drinking coffee, reading the newspaper. But what makes the image so striking is that the x-ray technique reduces the human figures to skeleton silhouettes. This wholly unique view of our anatomic infrastructure is an unsettling illustration of our own mortality.
Veasey creates x-ray images of objects ranging from the miniscule to the massive, and the unusual to the everyday. Veasey’s company “Untitled,” specializes in x-ray and abstract imagery, with clients including Nike, ESPN, and Porsche.