Anatomical Collages

I was hesitant to see the Bodies exhibit when it first came to New York City – squeamish and almost nauseated at the idea of seeing the insides of the human body. Clearly, science was never my best subject. But it ended up being absolutely fascinating and suddenly, it felt silly that I would have had such unwarranted apprehension towards something so normal and natural. These beautiful collages, by artist Travis Bedel, merge anatomical imagery with illustrations from vintage etchings from science guides and textbooks. And I think they are just too cool.

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(via This Is Colossal)

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  1. Cora wrote:

    I´m fascinated and surprised by these beautiful collages, I´d never seen something like this, it´s pure art and creativity

    3.18.14
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  2. Mira wrote:

    Wow looks pretty cool. I haven’t seen something like this before 😀

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  3. So beautiul! Love this!
    XO CHAMAFASHION
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  4. Lara wrote:

    Siempre te digo lo mismo, pero me encanta cuando pones este tipo de post para mostrar el trabajo creativo de alguien, me han parecido geniales estos colleges.

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  5. Natalia wrote:

    Omg, I love those!
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  6. Lauren wrote:

    Wow these are really brilliant, so unusual
    Lauren
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  7. Viveca wrote:

    Oh wow. These are stunning. Would love to see them in real life, they must look amazing.

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  8. Sara wrote:

    I totally understand your feelings about seeing the inside of the human body, but these are stunning!

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  9. Claire S wrote:

    This is really similar to the work of Dominique Paul – particularly her “Insects of Surinam” series (2011-2013) !

    http://dominiquepaul.net/section/284319_The_Insects_of_Surinam_series_2011_2013.html

    3.21.14
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  10. Shannon wrote:

    Great use of color. I’ve always loved the imagery from anatomy books for their pen and ink quality. This reminds me of the old school studies people sketched down for research in science journals

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  11. Just beautiful .

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