{"id":6493,"date":"2012-09-16T19:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithjan.com\/blog\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2012-09-17T03:15:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T08:15:55","slug":"bacteriograph-photographing-with-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithjan.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/16\/bacteriograph-photographing-with-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacteriograph: Photographing with Bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zachary Copfer<\/span><\/a>‘s Bacteriographs<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Zachary Copfer and his Bacteriograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Zachary Copfer<\/a>, a former microbiologist has now turned his science skills to his new passion: \u00a0photography. \u00a0He is pushing the envelope with an amazing photo printing technique that uses controlled bacteria to produce images instead of traditional dark room equimpment like developers and photo-sensitive papers.\u00a0Copfer calls his technique “Bacteriographs” and he is not alone in the pursuit of transforming proteins and bacteria into art.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bacteriographs: \u00a0How are they done?<\/h2>\n
Copfer first transforms bacteria into fluorescent protein compounds. He then applies the protein on a plate–much in the same way liquid emulsions where once applied on metal or glass. \u00a0This plate serves as the equivalent of photo paper. \u00a0Over this plate he exposes a negative of the image he wants to develop, but instead of visible light he uses radiation. \u00a0The next step is to let the bacteria grow on the plate. \u00a0The radiation going through the negative will affect where and how the bacteria grows on the plate. \u00a0Finally, to seal and isolate the bacteria, he covers the image in a layer of acrylic and resin.<\/p>\n
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Milky Way Galaxy, E.Coli Bacteriograph – Zachary Copfer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
More Scientists Use Organic Proteins to Create Art<\/h2>\n
Copfer adds his name to a growing list of scientist-artists who are pushing the conventional boundries of art, photography and design.\u00a0Designer Suzzane Lee\u00a0uses a kombucha-based yeast type growth to create a fabric to make “bio-couture”<\/a> (check out her great TED presentation<\/a>). \u00a0It \u00a0looks like leather but is vegetable based. Another example is Anke Domaske, a former microbiology student, recently resurrected German research from WWI to create fabric from milk protein powder. \u00a0It is called Qmilk<\/a> and looks like silk and but has the added benifit of smoothing the skin, so you can now wear your milk bath.<\/p>\n
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Suzanne Lee – Biocouture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zachary Copfer‘s Bacteriographs Zachary Copfer, a former microbiologist has now turned his science skills to his new passion: \u00a0photography. \u00a0He is pushing the envelope with an amazing photo printing technique that uses controlled bacteria to produce images instead of traditional dark room equimpment like developers and photo-sensitive papers.\u00a0Copfer calls his technique “Bacteriographs” and he is … <\/p>\n
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