The science of photography

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NASA NASA: Orbiter 1, second photo of Earth as seen from lunar orbit, August 25, 1966 swissinfo.ch

Thomas Ruff: m.a.r.s.05, 2010 "There is no original picture," says Ruff, who downloads high-resolution black-and-white NASA pictures of the surface of Mars and then digitally enhances and colours them in swissinfo.ch

Melanie Matthieu: untitled, 2009/2010 Taken from the series Echoing Patterns - A Conversation with the Inanimate swissinfo.ch

Irène Joliot-Curie Photo from the Wilson cloud chamber. Alpha particle traces produced by polonium, 1937 swissinfo.ch

Anonymous Images of Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord, 1962-1995 swissinfo.ch

Léon Gimpel X-ray anaglyph of a dog's heart injected with vermillion, 1924 swissinfo.ch

Frank B. Gilbreth Inefficient work operation, circa 1920 swissinfo.ch

Thomas Freiler Illustrations, Grey scale wedge, 3D Model, CGI, Blender Render, 2009 swissinfo.ch

Anonymous Jungfraujoch observatory, ultraviolet research in the rooftop open-air laboratory, 1936 swissinfo.ch

Markus Krottendorfer Untitled, 2013, Biosphere 2. Krottendorfer uses infrared film to create an atmosphere between science fiction and science swissinfo.ch

Karl Kosternitz Shooting stars, 1902 swissinfo.ch

Adolphe Neyt Photomicrograph of a flea, circa 1865 swissinfo.ch

Anonymous Gas dilation, circa 1930 swissinfo.ch

Anna Atkins Asplenium Ryzophyllum, circa 1850 swissinfo.ch

Rodolphe Archibald Reiss Study of bloodstains, 1906 swissinfo.ch

Simon Starling Black Drop, 2012. Venus is the black spot crossing the Sun's face, filmed by the artist from Hawaii swissinfo.ch

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The Winterthur photo museum provides an unusual glimpse into the world of research with its exhibition "Cross Over". Objects and methods rarely seen by the public are on show, such as an image of a dog's heart.

The exhibition, where art and science collide, doesn’t limit itself to scientific progress but also takes a critical look at the techniques used to visualise science. “Cross Over” ends on November 17.