Walead Beshty - [X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into moder

[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the desire to domesticate time (cinema), to preserve and capture the surface of the fleeting (photography), to see inside (x-ray).

- Walead Beshty

topic: Photography, Discovery, Desire