Friday, August 22, 2008

David Pescovkov: Artist seeks medical curiosities to photograph

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 Anatomical Anatomicalgallery Images Anatomicaltheatre57-1 Joanna Ebenstein of the fantastically curious Morbid Anatomy blog recently created an exhibition of her photographs of medical museums around the world. Now, Joanna is seeking to photograph private collections of medical oddities. From her post:
For those unfamiliar with the magic and mystery of air guitar, it is an annual collection of freaks, wannabes, amateur comedians, and rock lovers who "play" air guitar on stage. Sometimes a contestant seems to be completely disconnected from both his body and the music. Other times, a contestant is so good that it's as if a guitar will materialize in his hands any second....

The reporter continued, “The Federal Aviation Agency has been so worried about the effect on pilots, not to mention diplomats and businessmen, that they have conducted a heavy study under the catchy title, ‘Intercontinental Bio-Medical Flight Project.’ ”
Jet lag (Air & Space)