Recently, I saw an exhibition at the Hagedorn gallery featuring Bryan Whitney's x-ray photographs. Known more commonly as a device used to obtain images of the inside of objects for medical purposes, the x-ray generator has actually been used by several artists including Whitney to create works of art. One artist working since the 70s with x-ray photography is Steven N. Meyers, who shows his x-rays as positives, negatives,and solarizations. Both Meyers and Whitney focus on plants as their primary subject however, Whitney takes his black and white images and hand colors them using photoshop. This technique creates a very lush, ephemeral appearance much different than Meyers. However, I find Meyers work equally appealing, especially this images of plants arranged in a landscape composition. Unlike Meyers, Whitney also uses his x-ray images in composites of people, some creating images that are conveyed as fashion photography. Both are very interesting and worth checking out.
http://www.xray-art.com/
www.x-rayphotography.com/
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