X-Ray Flowers

More often than not, x-rays are a medical tool used to take a peek inside a body and see if everything’s in the right place. But during the 1930s, one doctor turned his x-ray machine to another subject: the anatomy of flowers. This is the first recorded instance of someone to see that x-rays weren’t just a medical tool. They could also be used for art.

“Flowers are the expression of the love life of plants,” Dr. Tasker wrote of his work.