Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey is a British contemporary photographer and visual artist known for pioneering X-ray photography, radiographic imaging and science-based contemporary art. Born in London in 1962, Veasey transforms industrial X-ray technology into fine-art photography, exposing the hidden structures of everyday objects, machines, flowers and the human form.

Veasey’s X-ray artwork reveals what lies beneath the surface of familiar objects. His contemporary photography explores cars, aeroplanes, flowers, shoes, handbags, fashion objects, musical equipment, skeletons and popular cultural figures. By replacing external appearance with internal structure, his fine-art X-rays challenge ideas of beauty, identity, function and material reality.

Working with specialist radiographic equipment, scientists and technical collaborators, Nick Veasey produces large-scale X-ray photographs, Diasec artworks, lightboxes, lenticular prints and digital compositions. His limited-edition photography includes works such as Examination of Rat Pack II, Land Rover Surfer, Poker, Pinarello Rider and VW Camper Family. The work combines scientific precision with conceptual photography, revealing the engineering and hidden beauty of the world around us.

Nick Veasey’s X-ray art has been exhibited internationally, including at Fotografiska in Stockholm, the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art in St Petersburg and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His contemporary photographs are held in public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, MASS MoCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco, the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and the Deutsches Röntgen Museum. Veasey’s pioneering photography connects contemporary art, science, surveillance, technology and visual discovery.