That tear is pretty

Just like snowflakes, none of these tear "micrographs" are the same.
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March 11, 2016

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We know that snowflakes are unique. But Dutch photographer Maurice Mikkers set out to show the same was true of tears. The result, his “Imaginarium Of Tears” project, seeks to transform the presumed weakness demonstrated by a tear into something beautiful. Mikkers “harvested” and photographed “psychic” tears, generated by an emotional response, and “reflex” ones, caused by cutting white onions or snorting water, for example. Here are some of the results. And to read more on the artist’s thinking behind the series, click here.

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