The type of photography you seek is not electron microscopy - rather it is
very low power magnification shot through polarized light. There is a site
somewhere on the web which has literally hundreds of these images - it was
active as of last summer. I'll post to chemed-L in a moment or two and see
if anyone is cognizant of it.
Dave in Ohio
Alan S. Harrell wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2001, at 20:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone.....I hope you had a splendid weekend.....I'm glad to
> > be back at work.....I'm no good on my own.
> >
> > Does anyone recall a type of photography that involved magnification?
> > Here's what I recall: A photographer (?) would magnify chemicals,
> > such as estrogen (this one I remember!), to their greatest
> > magnification, and then take a picture of its structure, then would
> > sell the pics as art. I also remember him photographing sugar and
> > testosterone. Could this have possibly been an electron microscope
> > fitted with a camera lense? I know this man sells his images... just
> > want to find him or his site, or some info on the images, etc....
> >
> > Does this ring a bell to anyone?
>
> Like Garrett, I would surmise you were referring to Electron
> Microscopy. Let me point you to one site and if we are warm I should
> think could find other sites like this:
>
> MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery
>
> http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/bemf/microangela/
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
