Dain Tasker (1872-1964) was born in Beloit, Wisconsin.
He was a radiologist at a hospital in Los Angeles, and after 1920 he began to dabble in pictorial photography, initially taking photographs of landscapes and portraits, but after ten years he was inspired by the x-rays taken by his colleagues and began to photograph plants in radiation.
I discovered his work with the aim of finding an artist about recording shadows, using x-rays to present plants as if they were ghosts in their sensual aspect. x-rays make the structure of the plant clearer and allow the viewer to focus more on the structure of the plant itself, apart from the colour and smell.
Some of the leaves are hidden in the x-ray, and only the outline of the work can be seen shallowly. It was as if it was a mist, and in real life, I ran my hand through this mist and he disappeared. I think this feeling is my way of trying to express the feeling of presence and absence, while the principle of the x-ray is to go through the physical and see the inner. This concept is engaged with my project
I hope I can bring this sense of emptiness to my work. And metal weaving, a technique that has volume, but is breathable, can express this feeling.
me, but is breathable, can express this feeling.
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