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20th Anniversary Edition
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Micronaut, I am offering 20 hand-picked prints across 20 years of work, available at museum quality and for a great price: Museum quality framing: sealed under acrylic and equipped with a wooden shadow gap frame, each artwork...
Science Immunology Cover: Immune Cells in Action
07 November 2025, Washington D.C. (USA) Together with Xin Gao and Ian Cockburn from the Australian National University, I had the privilege to visually bring to life their groundbreaking research: “B cells targeting parasites capture spatially linked antigens to...
bref Magazin – Cover Article: Hatching Human Embryo!
4 November 2025, Zurich I’m deeply honored that my 'Hatching Human Embryo' has been featured on the cover of bref magazine - along with two more images it illustrates the article written by Stefanie Müller-Frank that focuses on a sensitive ethnical question: how much...
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Martin Oeggerli
Styling himself as a Micronaut—explorer of invisible worlds—Oeggerli creates incredible microscopic photographs using a combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and post-processing coloration.
Technology
Utilizing electrons instead of photons allows to find and explore invisibly small creatures and materials, often with magnifications up to 100’000-times or more. By combining hi-tech SEM with his signature-style coloration, Micronaut exposes surreal looking motives down to the smallest details and thereby expands the limits of traditional photography
To obtain exquisite specimens, that are in perfect condition, Oeggerli works closely with research scientists. Each sample has to be carefully dried using special solvents to maintain its natural shape and appearance. After this the sample is also coated with a thin layer of gold, to make it electronically conductive. It’s one of several critical steps during the conservational process which will finally affect the image quality and maximum printable size of every resultant picture.
Basel Area Children’s Cancer Foundation
As some of you may know, I have been working in cancer research for over 10 years. Helping children suffering from cancer, and their families, is a subject very close to my heart. On behalf of the “Stiftung für krebskranke Kinder”, I encourage you to look at the links and movie below, to see how the Foundation helps brave kids – and how it could do even more with your generous support!
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