"Venus Endormie". Photo © Joanna Ebenstein
A selection of Joanna Ebenstein’s photos of medical museum artifacts are on display over at the American Medical News website.
Joanna is a graphic designer and photographer who runs the excellent blog Morbid Anatomy, where she explores the meeting of art and medicine.
For more of her work, including photos from several medical museums around the world, check out her online exhibition The Secret Museum and her morbid anatomy collections on Flickr.
"Green scrubs only". Photo by Øystein Horgmo, Creative Commons.
A man was sitting on a bench outside the hospital, chatting with a friend in the warm summer sun. He was wearing green scrubs, green shoes, surgical cap and a mask around his neck.
Although it’s explicitly stated in the hospital’s infection prevention guidelines that it’s forbidden to wear green scrubs outside the operating ward, it’s a common sight in the cafeteria, outpatient clinics and hallways. Even outside in the sun. Why? Read more »
Photo by Øystein Horgmo, Creative Commons.
Here’s my self-portrait in full color glory.
Plastic Bullet for iPhone. Photo by Øystein Horgmo, Creative Commons.
There’s a lot of photo apps available for the iPhone. The best can squeeze amazing results out of the crappy camera. Here are my four favorites. Read more »
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I’ve spent some time this week watching Adobe TV videos and trying out the new features in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. Here are the 3 new features I found most useful in each program. Read more »
Dirt roads in the Nordmarka forest outside Oslo. Photo by Olav Engen.
On Saturday I ran my first marathon. I’ve run a couple of half marathons before, but now was the time to go full length. Read more »
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While searching through our archive for a photo of an artificial heart valve, I found this rendition of what surgery could have been like in the viking age. Love that surgical mask detail. Nurse! Axe!
Three different gray cards. Photo by Øystein Horgmo, Creative Commons BY-NC.
Getting the correct white balance is probably more important in medical photography than any other form of photography. Read more »
I heard a story about an obstetrician who was always right at determining the gender of the foetus. He had a little trick up his sleeve. Read more »
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