a tinge of hysteria

Sofia Podestà

Image credit: Digital Globe

THERE ARE WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM.

Alison Rossiter Defender Argo, expired September 1911 processed 2014 From the series “Landscapes”

                  The north is hard and cold, and has no mercy

trompe l'oeil #analogcollage #textiles #trompeloeil

A Dutch artist created the amazing images in a bid to see if different triggers -such as eating a chilli or chopping onions- created different looking tears. ‘I decided to start an evening of experimenting with my close friends,’ wrote Maurice Mikkers, the photographer. ‘I asked them to cut onions, eat hot peppers, look in to a fan or cry because of sadness or happiness. To see if there was a resemblance or difference in the structure of forming tears, I took images of every tear drop under the microscope.’ Scientifically tears are divided into three different types based on their origin. Tears contain oils, antibodies and enzymes and fall into three categories: basal, which are released continuously to keep the eyes lubricated ; reflex, which occur in response to irritants such as when chopping onions or when getting poked in the eye ; and psychic, triggered by emotions. Scientists have identified that different types of tears are made up of distinct molecules. For example those caused by emotions contain hormones which act as a painkiller and are released when we are stressed. ‘We are all familiar with these ways of crying, but how do they look microscopically? Is there any difference? Science says that every tear has a different viscosity and composition,’ said Mikkers. ‘Nevertheless they are beautiful to look at.’

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Mexico by David Alan Harvey.

Procession, Budapest, 1934 | photo Ernö Vadas (Hungarian, 1899–1962) | Gelatin silver print, 395 x 300 mm, Hungarian Museum of Photography