Inside Kylie’s knickers and other fascinating X-ray photos reveal inner beauty as you've never seen it before




Despite the much-talked about 'inner beauty' that some mortals seem to possess few photographers have captured metaphor as well as Nick Veasey.

The British artist has created more than 200 stunning photographs using X-ray imaging with partial photo-manipulations and a little help from Photoshop.

Born near Maidstone in Kent, Veasey successfully combines photography and radiology to produce hauntingly beautiful, amusing and in some cases morbid images.



In 2003 he created the world's largest X-ray of a life-sized Boeing 777 jet, which currently resides at Logan Airport in Boston.



He said: ' We live in a world obsessed with image. What we look like, what our clothes look like, houses, cars… I like to counter this obsession with superficial appearance by using X-rays to strip back the layers and show what it is like under the surface.'



Veasey's first collection of images collated into hardback format: X-ray: See Through The World Around You was recently released by Carlton/Goodman in the UK and Penguin in North America. The book collects images captured over a 13-year period of experimentation with X-ray imaging and equipment.



I should be so lucky: Veasey combines radiology and photography to get inside Kylie Minogue's knickers

Hard as nails: The true extent of the 'no pain no gain' fashion culture is revealed in this X-ray photo of a pair of Jimmy Choos

Veasey raids a woman's wardrobe for inspiration: On the left is an X-ray of a handbag which appears to be floating and on the right is a girl's party dress with the striking outline of a metal zip at the back

