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Envisioning Science: Photography by Felice Frankel
| June 01, 2008
Link: feature about Felice Frankel on Apple.com
| June 01, 2008
The work of science photographer by Felice Frankel was recently
included in the MOMA’s exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind.
text from the MOMA exhibit: “Frankel is a science photographer whose rigorous manipulation of images is akin to a design gesture. By tweaking colors and backgrounds, she achieves a level of clarity that highlights the sublime design that can be found at the nanoscale. Because no camera is able to photograph at the nanoscale, Frankel had to construct her image of nanotubes—among the most promising structures in nanotechnology—using acetate, a flatbed scanner, and photoshop...”
(full credit for image above is: Microphotography: “Charlie’s Nanowires.” 2008, Felice Frankel (American, b. 1945) of Harvard University)
Here is a video of Ziya Tong’s fascinating interview with Frankel on PBS’s Wired Science.
(full credit for image above is: Microphotography: “Charlie’s Nanowires.” 2008, Felice Frankel (American, b. 1945) of Harvard University)
Here is a video of Ziya Tong’s fascinating interview with Frankel on PBS’s Wired Science.
Link: feature about Felice Frankel on Apple.com
Tags: art, photography, science, video
Topic: Photography
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