Capturing Inner Beauty: Medical Imagery That Delves into the Aesthetic [Slide Show]

February's issue of Scientific American features a beautiful close-up image of a placenta taken by Norm Barker, associate professor of pathology and art as applied to medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Barker specializes in photo-microscopy and natural science photography, and his work appears in the permanent collections of more than 40 museums, including the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History and the Science Museum in London.

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Capturing Inner Beauty: Medical Imagery That Delves into the Aesthetic [Slide Show]