Vleeshal`s exhibition Utrechtse Krop (Utrecht Goitre) showed
unique medical historical photographs alongside work by Dutch
photographer and artist Paul Kooiker (winner of the 1996 Prix de Rome
for photography). The exhibition Utrechtse Krop in De Kabinetten van De
Vleeshal, centred around the appeal of illness and the fragility of our
physical being. The photographs on display came from the archives of
Utrecht`s university hospital – records of medical disorders,
photographed since circa 1890.
In the early days of medical photography clinical standards had yet
to be formulated for photographic images. Consequently, many photographs
are more poignant and beautiful than they are scientific. Light, space
and patients` complete submission to doctors and photographers evoke
feelings of compassion, surprise, embarrassment and amusement rather
than disgust or scientific curiosity.
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they are just beautiful
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