Crossposted at Visualization in Science forum.
From Nature 455, 1180; 2008, by Erica Check Hayden.
ARTS REVIEWED:
-Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840–1900
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Until 4 January 2009
‘The use of photography in science during the nineteenth century is traced in a new exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, running until 4 January 2009. Brought to Light showcases scientific photographs that reveal phenomena invisible to the unaided eye, from early X-rays of the body’s skeleton to fields of electricity……
By revealing the hidden forces at work in nature, the pictures collected in this exhibit have much in common with iconic modern images, such as the views of galaxies in the distant Universe captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. In that way, the exhibit does not just illuminate the past — it also gives a glimpse of the future."