Another kind of garment image
The V&A dates the start of its project making X-rays of fashion collection objects with Nick Veasey to 2016. An associated archival video is available on the museum’s page.
What does the surface leave out?
A conventional fashion photograph shows external appearance. Here, internal layers and relationships become the focus. Watch with this question: which detail most changes your first idea of the object?
Look beyond what is spectacularly unusual. A barely visible structural solution may explain why a garment behaves as it does.
An image can be evidence too
Museum examination reminds us that objects yield different kinds of knowledge. A campaign, pattern and research image answer different questions. Keep that distinction after the film: the meaning of a strong image also depends on why it was made.
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