Seeing Science – Page 2 – Photography, Science and Visual Culture

DUCHENNE (6)

Mini Exhibitions

Guillaume Duchenne: Mechanism of Human Physiognomy

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Picturing Science

Lasers

New Landscape of Art and Science, 1951, Installation view, The New Landscape of Art and Science, 1951, courtesy: MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA

Short Essays

Ben Burbridge: Science Photography and the Art Museum

9.18 17 CASSINI LAST IMAGE

Why We Look

Impact Site: Cassini’s Final Image

Newton’s color circle, from Opticks of 1704, showing colors created with musical notes (circle completes a full octave from D to D).

Timeline Items

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8.3.17 AI TURNS 2D IMAGES INTO 3D OBJECTS

Why We Look

Artificial Intelligence Can Turn 2D Photos Into Real-World Objects

7.31.17 scientists improve PET scans

Why We Look

Scientists Discover New Way to Label Chemical Compounds for Medical Imaging

7.26.17 EINSTEIN PIX FOR AUCTION

Why We Look

Playful Einstein Photograph Goes Up For Auction

7.20.17 MUYBRIDGE INSERTED INTO DNA

Why We Look

Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA

7.17.17 INT BALL THE ISS DRONE CAMERA

Why We Look

Meet “Int-Ball,” The International Space Station’s Adorable Camera Drone

7.12.17 FIRST PHOTO EX IN SPACE (2)

Why We Look

The First Permanent Photo Exhibition In Space

7.10.17 NASA'S JUNO ABOUT TO PHOTOGRAPHY MARS' RED SPOT

Why We Look

NASA Spacecraft About To Get Up-Close With Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

7.6.17 DOCTORS USE SNAPCHAT

Why We Look

Doctors Using Snapchat To Send Patient Scans To Each Other, Panel Finds

7.3.17 FMRI MIND READING IMAGES (2)

Why We Look

‘Mind Reading’ Technology Identifies Complex Thoughts, Using Machine Learning & fMRI

Quotes

Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison

The rise of the objective image polarized the visual space of art and science, just as the role of the two domains split over the r...