Walead Beshty

"Walead Beshty has developed and discovered an interesting style of photography purely by accident. One day, after returning from traveling abroad, Beshty developed unexposed rolls of film. He expected to see images he had taken during his trip, but was surprised to find that his developed film had strange lines and color on it. The film had been unintentionally exposed when the unexposed film had been sent through an airport X-ray machine. The film shows the basic part of the photographic process after the chemical emulsion is changed after exposure to radiation. Beshty believed these photographs share a relationship with the social and political world. These photos represent the current social and political state of the world after the events of 9/11. Due to the post-9/11 security measures at airports, the photographs are literally altered. He believed these photos could be taken as a portrait of the current security regulations with traces of his travels implanted into the photograph. Since this strange discovery, Beshty has continued to use this method and experiment with different ways of exposing film."