☢ X-ray Cyanotypes

Series of shell studies created for National Geographic and featured centre magazine over 11 pages ' The Shaping of a shell'. This global limited edition of 25 per study, showcase the amazing technical combination of the 2 contact photographic processes: x-ray and cyanotype. The images are first created with x-ray film and then craft printed onto 300gsm archival paper, using the UV light from the sun. Every print is unique due to the bespoke nature of the application of the cyanope chemicals to the paper. The prints are archival double-mounted and framed behind non-reflective ARTGLASS AR 70. Each print is signed, dated, titled by the artist and is also supplied with a blockchain Certificate of Authenticity via Verisart. 

Paper: Cranes Crest pearl white 300GSM, acid free, 100% cotton.
Frame: Larson Juhl, Andover 233 Moulding, Certification: FSC®
Bespoke framing: Adrian+Emma, Wealden Framing Services Ltd

X-ray Artist: Hugh Turvey, Artist in Residence, The British Institute of Radiology, UK

Managing Photo Editor: Samantha Clark, NatGeo

Shells Advisor: Simon Taylor and the British Shell Collectors' Club, UK

Technical collaborator: Nadia Radjabi, senior photographic technician at Middlesex University, UK. Traditional print and alternative photographic processes.

Special thanks to: Andreia Salvador, Senior Curator of Marine Mollusca & James Maclaine Curator Fish Section, Natural History Museum, UK