This Photo Was Made With Radiation From Vintage Dishes

What does radiation look like? If you’re looking at a textbook, the high-frequency beam of energy is probably represented by some dull squiggly red arrow. But if you’re artist Peter Shellenberger, radiation appears as an eye-catching pool of purple. That’s because Shellenberger makes autoradiographs—photos created through exposure to radioactive materials. His source of radiation? Dishes. …

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