How do we know what an amoeba looks like? How can doctors see the details
of our skeletons and internal organs? What enables us to see an exploding
star in another galaxy? All of these things are made possible through the
innovations of photography. Kelley Wilder now provides a primer on the
remarkably fruitful applications of photography to science, as she explores
the multiple facets of this complex relationship.

Kelley Wilder draws upon her extensive background in alternative process
photography, museum practice, art history, and history of science to
produce a wide-ranging and illuminating investigation into the intersection
of photography and science. Photography and Science describes how photography
first established its legitimacy through its close association with key
scientific ideas and practices, such as objectivity, observation, archiving,
and experimentation. Wilder then charts how photography returned the favor by
serving as a powerful influence in various scientific disciplines, such as
biology and astronomy. The book digs into the controversial debates over
photography.s .success. in the sciences, its use in practical fields such as
medical imaging and x-raying, and the complicated relationship between
scientific theory and art practice.

Augmenting this fascinating study are eighty photographs of scientific
subjects and experiments, many of which are published here for the first
time. A thought-provoking, broad-based examination, Photography and Science
will be an essential addition to the bookshelves of scientists, photographers,
and art historians alike.

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