Scanning Electron Microscope Photography
Scanning Electron Microscope Photography
| Henyou
We will transform the world.
The pursuit of convenience and the advance of progress are fundamental desires of humankind.
What are we seeking beyond that?
In this work, seafood from a store was photographed with a camera. The creatures' gastrointestinal tracts were dissolved with potassium hydroxide, the residue was separated with a protein detection solution, and microplastics were identified using a near-infrared spectroscopic sensor and photographed using a scanning electron microscope.
By compositing images of the seafood with images of the microplastics taken from the seafood, the reaction of convenience is visualized, and transformation of the invisible world becomes manifest.
私たちは世界を変容していく。
利便性の追求、進歩発展、それは人類の根源的な欲求なのだろう。
その先に私たちは何を見ようとしているのか。
本作は、商店で購入した魚介類をカメラで撮影、その胃腸を水酸化カリウムで溶解、残留物をタンパク検出液で分別し近赤外分光センサーで同定したマイクロプラスチックを走査電子顕微鏡で撮影。魚介類画像とその魚介類に摂取されたマイクロプラスチック画像を合成することで、利便性の反動を視覚化、見えざる世界の変容を顕在化させている。
AWARD:
■ Budapest International Foto Awards 2020
[金賞 / 2nd Place・Gold prize - Science category / Professional division ]
■ Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020
[銀賞・Silver prize - Science category / Professional division ]
■ Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) 2020
[銅賞・Bronze prize - Special category / Professional division ]
■ London International Creative Competition 2020
[ SHORTLIST prize - SHOOT (Photo/Video) category / Professional division ]
■ ND(Neutral Density Photography) Awards 2021
[ Honorable mention - Special - Open theme category / Professional division ]
■ 7th Fine Art Photography Awards
[ NOMINEE prize - Conceptual category / Professional division ]