Nick Veasey is a British photographer and filmmaker working primarily within the medium of X-ray imaging.
Born in London in 1962, he worked in the advertising and design industries and pursued work in conventional still photography before making the serendipitous discovery of applying X-ray imaging to everyday objects and skeletons after being asked to X-ray a cola can for a television show. Veasey also X-rayed the shoes he was wearing on the day and upon showing the finished image to an art director, was galvanised by the response it provoked.
Based near Maidstone, England his work has featured in many international advertising campaigns and adorned products and packaging worldwide, notably Adobe’s Creative Suite livery and Lenor/Downy fabric conditioner.
Artworks are also exhibited in galleries internationally, recently in 2008 in The David Gallery, Culver City California and Millenia Fine Art in New York and Orlando . In 2009, a major exhibition began at Maddox Fine Arts in Mayfair, London. Work is also represented in Europe and Asia.
Veasey’s first collection of images collated into hardback format: X-ray: See Through The World Around You was recently released by Carlton/Goodman in the UK and Penguin in North America. The book collects images captured over a 13-year period of experimentation with X-ray imaging and equipment.
He is the recipient of many photographic and design awards including IPA Lucie Awards, AOP, Graphis, Communication Arts, Applied Arts, PX3 and awards from the D&AD also being nominated for the IPA Lucie International Photographer of the Year 2008.
He was responsible for X-raying the largest X-ray to date, a life size Boeing 777 jet, which currently resides upon a hangar at Logan airport, Boston, USA.
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