Hidden Gem, Hidden Photographer
April 19, 2013 § 1 Comment
Photo: Hank Walker, LIFE Magazine, 1957.
This photo is one of my absolute favorites. An accomplishment in both composition, lighting and planning it is a hidden gem of industrial photography. Hidden because it wasn’t published until 2009. « Read the rest of this entry »
Help Fund Medicine’s Dark Secrets
March 4, 2013 § Leave a Comment
Dr. Lindsay Fitzharris, medical historian and author of the brilliant Chirurgeon’s Apprentice blog, is launching a campaign to raise money to produce a documentary called “Medicine’s Dark Secrets”.
In the documentary she will delve into anatomical specimen collections, so important to the development of modern surgery, Â in an effort to find out who all these specimens came from. Who were these people?
If you, like me, love medical history, head over to the Indiegogo campaign pages and donate! There are lots of goodies waiting for you depending on the amount you choose to donate, and if you donate before March 9th you’ll even enter a draw.
Merry Christmas
December 23, 2012 § Leave a Comment
“Mulled Wine & Oranges”. Photo by Øystein H. Horgmo © All rights reserved.
Merry christmas and a happy new year to all the reader’s of The Sterile Eye. I haven’t found the time to post as much as previous years in 2012, but I hope I have brought you some things of interest.
One major event in 2012 was that all the cancer surgery videos I made for Oncolex finally became available in English. You can find them all here.
Cardiac Surgery Night
December 11, 2012 § 2 Comments
Screenshot from nrk.no.
Two heart surgery procedures – one open, one closed – in their entirety. This is the full-length feature the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) offered their viewers last week. And it turned out be a night of public education on the complexities of surgery. « Read the rest of this entry »
How Life Feels to People with EB
November 7, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I recently came across this awareness campaign about the congenital disease Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) that blew me away. By making small changes to glossy photos of everyday objects, the advertising agency Lowe GGK really makes you feel the harsh reality for people with this disease. I think the images with the slide and the swing are the most disturbing.
Check out all the images in the series and read more about EB over at Debra International.
Rasmus – The Medical Enigma
October 9, 2012 § 2 Comments
Rasmus has been in and out of the hospital for as long as I can remember. He’s kind of large for a rodent, he doesn’t say much, but he’s a likable fellow. For the last three years I have photographed him in all around the hospital, but the doctors don’t seem to find out what’s wrong with him. He’s had blood tests, bone scintigraphy and a PET-scan. He’s had a cardiac catheterization and high-dose chemotherapy. A few months ago he even underwent craniofacial surgery. What’s even worse is he’ll probably have to go through a bunch of other procedures in the years to come, and no one will get any wiser.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Rasmus (“mus” means mouse in Norwegian) is Oslo University Hospital’s mascot for children, and the star of numerous info leaflets, I’d be really worried.
To see larger photos with captions, go to my Flickr page.
Medical Illustrations
August 17, 2012 § 1 Comment
The last year I’ve ventured into the domain of medical illustration. I’ve used Adobe Illustrator for different purposes for many years, but when I was asked to illustrate a case report on the repair of a chronic posterior sternoclavicular dislocation, I jumped on the opportunity to get to know the tools better.
I am a trained photographer, and by no means an accomplished medical illustrator, but I’ve been able to expand upon the client’s ideas and provide them with functional schematic illustrations. In pre-digital times our department had several illustrators on the staff, but that was over fifteen years ago. I’m glad we can provide some level of service in this field again. There’s certainly no less demand for it.
For larger images and captions, visit my Flickr page.
