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Windows on Unseen Worlds
With an approach that turns science into art, Roberto Dabdoub captures beauty under the microscope. In creating Micro Art, Dabdoub discovered artistic patterns in surprising places, such as a leaf's surface, a 3,000-year-old mummy's cloth, a dinosaur bone and even Tabasco sauce. He captures images from not only the sensational but also the ordinary. .
He calls into question the relationship between photography and science. Similar to the nineteenth-century pioneers of the still image, Dabdoub is both photographer and scientist. He applies scientific methods to a creative spirit and unveils art in remarkable and unexpected places. He is considered a revolutionary in electro-imaging, which works on the principle of producing an image by passing high-voltage electricity through an object. Inspired by his environment, his passion for photomicrography began as a schoolboy living near the rain forests of Honduras and has continued to his current residence in New Orleans. His work as a genetic scientist, from which he has retired, gave him a valuable understanding of science, which he translates into art. His work has been included in the New Orleans Museum of Art's photography collection and developed into a line of ties called "Micro Shots." Dabdoub donates most of his proceeds to charity.
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Taublave, Honduras Hasselblad camera
With support from Ochsner Hospital and collaborators at UCLA and the Kremlin Institute, I designed a transparent electrode and built one of the first devices to record electrophotography on 35mm film. I captured thousands of images and films to study the phenomenon as a diagnostic tool. The work produced striking unexplained images and was featured on CNN, in newspapers worldwide, and at the Smithsonian
Roberto Dabdoub
True, we have IA now who can do marvelous things with graphics and drawings. I love graffite pencils and thats never going to change. Having a sketch pad with me always helped me to sketch the faces of my friends and family and micro organism
Pocket sketches of my family and friends
The classical violin has long been one of my inspirations, but bluegrass can be just as thrilling, especially with pieces like “Orange Blossom Special.
Genetic and Chromosomal Aberrations in Renal Cancer: An Invited Lecture at the British Hospital (Hospital Britanico) Buenos Aires