Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson is a former photojournalist turned visionary of medical photography. He is most famous for his series featured in his book
A Child is Born, which features photography of the fetal development of the human being from the moment of conception to birth. Nilsson was also a contracted photographer for
Life magazine, and during these years (1965-1972) he photographed microscopic views of the human body and brain, particularly the heart and focusing on heart attacks. His other scientific photographs can also be viewed on his website portfolio, under the titles
Close to Nature and
The Human Body, and many of these apparently macroscopic images of microscopic cells and were captured using very specialized, technical equipment.
To view Mr. Nilsson's website:
Today, Mr. Nilsson's still work continues to inspire international photographers and scientists to capture images and videos of microscope slides, and some of these images are entered into the annual Olympus Bioscapes digital imaging competition. The work presented in this competition is stunning; some cellular images are incredibly psychedelic, especially those of stained zoological specimens and fluorescent cultures. Nature will never cease to leave us awestruck and inspired...
http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/2011/
http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/
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