Most people have had at least one x-ray in their life, but it is rare to see everyday objects being X-rayed, unless you are a custom officer of course. Artist Nick Veasey has selected this interesting field to create his art.

Born in London, Veasey now lives in Kent where his studio is located in the middle of a field in the countryside. His artwork is prepared by taking an X-ray of objects from a machine much stronger than what you might find in a hospital. The radiation is so strong that Veasey has to be extra cautious, for example having 4-inch thick lignacite walls in his studio.  It is also worth noting that the only skeletons or recently deceased corpses are used for capturing human or animal forms due to the high level of radiation.

While he takes x-ray images of different kinds of objects, his most interesting artworks are of the automobile. Since he insists on capturing every part of the car clearly to create a beautiful image, he dismantles each car and x-rays it piece by piece. He then scans the x-ray films and stitches the files digitally, meaning creating a whole car x-ray image can take months. A retrospective exhibition of Veasey’s work is being displayed at Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, ending this Sunday, 18 February, while more x-ray images of cars can be found here.