Scientists have determined that each tear has a different viscosity and composition, but all tears contain biochemicals such as oils, antibodies, enzymes, etc. found in salt water. How is the composition of these substances reflected in the pattern of tear crystals? This is the answer Dutch photographer Maurice Mickers is trying to find.
Collecting
tears and presenting unique beauty on a micro level is what Mick is
doing. Until 2007 he worked as an analyst in a pharmaceutical laboratory
and then studied interactive media design at the Royal Academy of Arts
in The Hague. Combining art and science, he uses microphotographs to
present images under a microscope as a series of beautiful stories....<<<Read More>>>...
