walead beshty

work by walead beshty. "photos of the abandoned iraqi embassy in the former east berlin echo the ruined tableau depicted after being damaged by airport x-rays." from here. a great video of him explaining the work here. see more work here.

[all walead beshty. from embassy! a dismal science waiting room, 2006.]

marie sester

stills from marie sester's projection-based installation titled 'exposure'. as marie explains: "this imagery represents the ways in which our culture obsesses with hyper-vigilance, penetration, and control...the x-rayed trucks reveal smuggled items—such as a rolls royce inside a horse trailer, 3 million cigarettes camouflaged in a load of scrap metal, or 2.5 tons of marijuana packed inside 896 rubber bales. the house scanned by laser is located in the east bay hills. colors are unchanged from the source imagery: they are technical codes." see more here.

[all marie sester. from the series exposure. 2001.]

tim davis • illuminations

though definately not what he's most known for, i've always thought there was something great about these photos of xray machines at airports by tim davis. the images look like strange little drawings much more than photos. you can see more of these in aperture magazine issue 176 from 2004. and tim's website is here.

[all tim davis from the series illuminations. big photos: sweaters. banjo. bag.]