Photo Essay: Examining X-Ray

(may need to scroll over to the right to see the entire image) -------In his new book, photographer Nick Veasey creates inside-out images of the everyday and the bizarre. Using a lead-lined studio he shoots his subjects, then composes and embellishes the images on a computer.

clipped from www.time.com Take My Hand Parent and child (and teddy bear) take a stroll. clipped from www.time.com Toys and Tunes A teddy and an MP3 player. clipped from www.time.com Food for Thought The wiry veins of this bunch of grapes form a unique pattern. clipped from www.time.com Made for Walking This image illustrates how a woman's shoe (left) contorts the bones of the foot and ankle and throws the weight onto the big toe joint, while a man's boot leaves the foot in a natural position. clipped from www.time.com Take Flight A Boeing 777 jet is serviced in a hangar at Logan Airport, Boston. clipped from www.time.com Survival of the Fittest clipped from www.time.com Creature of the Night clipped from www.time.com Hold (Very) Tight Please clipped from www.time.com Natural Beauty clipped from www.time.com Office Life Over 100 separate x-rays make up this picture. clipped from www.time.com Suits You, Sir clipped from www.time.com Around the Horn clipped from www.time.com Out of the Game This football player, complete with protection, is about to receive treatment clipped from www.time.com One for the Road? Our man's had quite enough for the evening. clipped from www.time.com Watch the Birdie The photographer at work, in full protective gear with night-vision goggles. Taken from X-Ray by Nick Veasey, published by Goodman (an imprint of Carlton Books) from April 7th.