Technique: Hands-on x-ray imagery made with large sheets of x-ray sensitive B/W film. Manipulation of technique: overexposure, multiple exposure, chemical processing, filtering, rigs, mechanics, physics, happy accidents, photography, trial and error and hand colouring...the pursuit of the aesthetic...I call these Xograms.

Why Xogram? There is a technique to produce a photographic image without a camera, by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material and then exposing. These are called photograms (or as Man Ray called the Rayographs ) and coincidentally are also one of the first photographic imaging techniques ever used by William Fox Talbot (he called them photogenic drawings).

Simply put, the only difference between x-ray images and the photograms produced by the early photographic pioneers, is the frequency of the ‘light’ used to make the exposure. Unlike Röntgen (who called them Röntgenograms) I have created a more generic term Xogram to define my x-ray images within the context of my photographic background and the use of both 'visible' light and x-ray to create the images. Xogram (Greek έξω γραμ). See also ideogram and pictogram.

Hugh promotes the aesthetic of x-ray and other modality derived imagery through public engagement which includes a bout of engagements at science festivals and lectures... and has a particular interest in education ( possibly influenced by coming from a family of teachers ) . An early influential engagement was giving the Christmas Lecture at University College London, with Sasha Moore, senior radiographer 2009.

'X is for X-ray' iOS app for kids, launched at RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) in Chicago 2010 in conjunction coauthors Mike Levad and Paul Rosenthal and backing from Touchpress publishers UK. The app pioneered the new technology to combine rotations of objects in both visible light and x-ray. With the swipe of a figure the viewer can change to between to the visible light and x-ray rotations which work in unison... this had never been seen before. See a review here from Teachers With Apps.

inr-i (inner eye) series of x-ray workshops at Yeovil District Hospital for the public, culminating in a publicly curated touring exhibition and permanent installations - Wellcome Trust funded.

​​TV appearance Blue Peter Interview and appearance on CBBC Blue Peter Series 57 - 4827. A huge audience reached via the BBC and included a viewer-vote on which image should be worked into an art piece. Awarded a Blue Peter badge by presenter Barney Harwood – a personal life achievement!

RPS - International Images for Science Exhibition 2011/2012

RPS Fenton House Bath, King Edwards Independent School Bath, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Palace of Westminster (House of Commons),

Edinburgh Science Festival ‘Making the Invisible Visible’ St Andrew’s Square,

Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London, FOTOSPACE (Fife Photo Group) Glenrothes
Scotland,

2012-2017, Edinburgh International Science Festival, lecture/talks, exhibition and presentations.

Here is the event launch by the Society of Radiographers .
X-RAY VISIONARY 2014 lecture and THE ART OF MEDICAL IMAGING 2017 lecture - with Dr Michael R. Jackson

Working with British Institute of Radiology at UKRCO - Multidisciplinary scientific congress and technical exhibition [The UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) and UK Radiation Oncology Congress (UKRO)] - presenting UV crafting workshops to school pupils in-order to explain x-ray and the electromagnetic spectrum. Similar workshops were also presented at Cheltenham Science Festival with support from Seimens.

Talks and competition judging with the RPS and BIR:

In 2009 Hugh Turvey was appointed the first resident artist for The British Institute of Radiology since its' inauguration in 1924 and Royal Charter in 1958 granted by Her Majesty the Queen. The residency was offered to Hugh following a solo exhibition at the OXO Gallery London Titled: 'X-perimentalist' which showcased for the first time 40 Xograms to over 8000 visitors. "As Artist in Residence, Hugh will continue to promote to the public the aesthetic of x-ray and other modality derived imagery through exhibitions, workshops, talks, BIR partnerships and fulfill objects of the Royal Charter".

Other residency: Hugh Turvey was artist-in-residence over a period of six months in the X-ray department at Yeovil District Hospital. The project aimed to engage the public by making a series of visual artworks with Radiology equipment. Hugh Turvey worked closely with Sasha Moore, Senior Radiographer, radiology consultants and the arts coordinator in developing ideas for workshops and artworks to improve the environment of the department. Staff and the public were involved in bringing interesting objects and revealing their structure or content by using x-rays with a qualified radiographer. The children particularly enjoyed the workshop process, seeing science being brought alive and learning with their parents seemed a mutually beneficial and fun experience. 95% of participants from the workshops said they would be interested in using the Radiology equipment again and had enjoyed the opportunity. 29 striking artworks were produced as a result of these workshops and are now on permanent display in the department. Patients rarely see their imagery since the advent of digital radiography so part of the work produced enabled a display of the different modalities to show patients that each area views the body in different ways. Learning outcomes were disseminated nationally through the British Institute of Radiology where the artist was in a parallel residency. This project was principally funded by the Wellcome Trust and supported by Yeovil District Hospital (YDH). BBC review

Pushing the technique inevitably leads to the creation of new outputs and interpretations - including:

Et Soudain, Tout Le Monde Me Manque Vertigo Films, French feature Film about a radiographer dissatisfied with monotony of the job, starts to x-ray random subjects including boyfriend, neighbors fridge, fish in a bowl etc for arts sake. This culminates with the x-ray art being recognised by a gallery and the protagonist becoming an exhibited artist. Our collaboration with the director and line producer led to the creation of all the x-ray for the film and final exhibition. The film feels very personal and autobiographical. (includes a cameo role in the x-ray exhibition scene in Paris)

Android Wear™ watches have become a digital canvas for visual art. Evolving from the Xogram work of artist Hugh Turvey, 'XOGRAM' is a unique watch face now available for Android wearables. It has been created in collaboration with B-Reel who has worked with Hugh on the creative approach and Android development.

Swami's collaboration with x-ray photographer Hugh Turvey (artist in residence at the British Institute of Radiology) "I've collected shells from all the beaches I've sat and surfed on over the years, to me they represent the fragility of the ocean and a celebration of the good times too. For me boards are always a combination of art, skill, shaping and finish. Surfing's unique, an art form in it's own right and that's always inspiring. Having worked with Bro and Paul (Phoenix Glassing) for 5 years we've made some fairly unique boards, you're in the hands of masters when you're with them" Swami's founder, Giles Dunn.

​"Lyst has collaborated with British artist and photographer Hugh Turvey has X-rayed 7 of this year’s most hyped sneakers to reveal what lies beneath the seams. Turvey’s artwork is different to any kind of sneaker photography we’ve seen before, In the Behind the Seams: Sneakers, the internal structure of each sneaker is revealed, bringing to light the details that are often overlooked by consumers."

Birmingham Hippodrome + Birmingham City University’s Department of Radiography (part British Arts Council funded) Film celebrating an early pioneer of x-ray - collaboration between Award-winning contemporary dance and Hip-Hop performer/choreographer Mickael ‘Marso’ Riviere, sound artist Justin Wiggan’s sonic soundscapes and British Institute of Radiology artist in residence Hugh Turvey.

We work with many clients and can advise from initial concepts through to full production with deliverables for all manner of media and application. Most of our work is produced in and around London. We have a photographic studio and in-house post-prod facilities including 4K video creation/edit. We had a major break through in 1999 when commissioned by a Swiss Advertising agency adart.ch to create and produce 6 TV commercials for Credit Suisse. These adverts pioneered groundbreaking x-ray motion became award-winners at the ITVA Festival in Koln, Germany and helped launch a commercial career.

Includes: L’Oreal France, Boots and Heinz Europe, packaging Natura San Paulo Brazil, packaging for celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s Waitrose UK, flora x-ray prints throughout Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg South Africa, British Airways, Ford (Ridley Scott Associates), BBC, Channel4, Energy Saving Trust, Jansport, Simplyred, Cisco, Benetton, Condé Nast, Lever Fabergé, GSK, DK, Kellogg’s, Levi’s, M&S, Novartis, Roche, TRW Automotive, SEAT, VW, Unilever, Berghaus and Rohan, ​Discovery Channel, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Paris, Kenzo,

Music projects are listed here, including Simply Red, Thunder, Chris Gould: www.allmusic.com

Hugh is passionate about the role of art in improving healthcare environments and has worked on large-scale art installation projects in hospitals in UK, Germany and USA. He is currently part of an award winning ‘communicative’ art research team that is creatively thinking about ways to improve patient experience, compliance, flow rates, orientation, empowerment, dialogue through the creation of ‘creative aid’ tools and environmental stimuli and installation.Always looking to the future, Hugh is currently piloting high definition screen art in public spaces. OOHSCREEN deliver digital exhibitions that can be curated remotely, also giving their hosts the option of custom designed digital messaging at each location, a great fit for healthcare environments, in particular.

Recently being awarded the Building better healthcare Awards 2018 for the 5 year project for Benenden Hospital Trust hospital-wins-top-award-for-best-new-build/ and hospital-creates-sensory-environment-with-high-tech-edge/

NHS TRUSTS projects include: University College Hospital - UCLH, Yeovil District Hospital, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Royal Infirmary | University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation, Horton General Hospital - Oxford University Hospitals, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

British Institute Of Radiology article/interview relating to arts in hospitals

FYI Salutogenesis, a term coined by Aaron Antonovsky, a professor of medical sociology. The term describes an approach focusing on factors that support human health and well-being, rather than on factors that cause disease. More specifically, the "salutogenic model" is concerned with the relationship between health, stress, and coping.

The X-ray Society

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is the oldest radiological society in the world. The origins of the BIR can be traced back to a first meeting held on 2 April 1897 to form "The X-ray Society".

The Röntgen Society

The first general meeting of the new society, now called "The Röntgen Society" in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, was held on 3 June 1897. The formal Grand Inaugural Meeting was held at St Martin's Town Hall in London in November that same year and was less than two years after Röntgen had discovered the X-rays.

Silvanus P Thompson

Whilst the main impetus for the new society was from doctors, it is remarkable that the first President was the well known physicist, Silvanus P Thompson. The tradition of alternating scientific and medical Presidents goes right back to the beginning of the society.

The British Institute of Radiology incorporated with the Röntgen Society

The medical society "The British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy" (BARP) was formed in 1917, becoming the British Institute of Radiology in 1924. In 1927 the British Institute of Radiology and the Röntgen Society amalgamated to become "The British Institute of Radiology incorporated with the Röntgen Society", a truly multidisciplinary society.

In 1958 Her Majesty the Queen granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation to the BIR, whose Objects included:

- To promote and encourage the study and practice of the art and science of radiology, radiobiology and the medical applications of nuclear science in all their aspects and the study of kindred sciences.

- To maintain and extend to the public advantage the usefulness of the work of the radiologist, radiobiologist, physicist, radiographer, and X-ray engineer in the field of medicine and in the expanding field of the industrial application of radioactive substances.

- To disseminate knowledge concerning all aspects of the science of radiology, radiobiology and the medical applications of nuclear science.

- To accept subscriptions and gifts of all kinds, whether absolute or conditional, and to undertake and administer trusts for purposes falling within the objects of the Institute.

The BIR became a registered charity in 1963. Its activities are shaped by its charter and byelaws.

Key dates and events of the BIR

• 1896 - first Radiological Journal published in London ‘The Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy’

• 1897 - the X-Ray Society formed in London by medical people; name changed to ‘The Rontgen Society’ open to both medical and non-medical people. The journal 'The Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy'e changed to ‘The Archives of the Rontgen Ray’; Archives of the Rontgen Society adopted as the Official Organ for the publication of the Transactions of the Society;
• 1904 - Association between Archives and the Rontgen Society terminated; Journal of the Rontgen Society started
• 1913 - The journal Journal of the Rontgen Society became the ‘The Archives of Radiology and Electrology
• 1917 - The British Association for the advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy formed – purely medical body (B.A.R.P.)
• 1918 - The journal The Archives of Radiology and Electrology was adopted as the Official Organ of the B.A.R.P
• 1922 - Home of BIR acquired – 32 Welbeck Street, London, UK
• 1927- Amalgamation of the Rontgen Society and BIR – The British Institute of Radiology incorporated with the Rontgen Society; Society of Radiographers affiliated to BIR
• 1928 - The British Journal of Radiology Rontgen Society Section and The renamed British Journal of Radiology BIR section merged as The British Journal of Radiology
• 1958  - The Queen, Her Majesty the Queen granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation to the BIR
• 1982 - New home of BIR acquired - 36 Portland Place, London, UK

Original 'X-Waves' term coined by Hugh Turvey and this text featured in the Oxo Gallery Exhibition 2014

X marks the spot. It takes complex interactions of light interference, reflection and diffraction to ‘focus’ X-ray. I focus this fantastical ‘light’ to illuminate the liminal shadow-spaces of the material world.

X denotes the unknown. I look for transparency in a smoke-and-mirrors world of spin and media manipulation. Where Man Ray’s Rayographs revealed an exterior shadow, my Xograms offer us both exterior and interior shadows, revealing a depth and density to the stuff of life that would otherwise remain hidden.

X for magnification. In focusing on the in-between, I make the everyday appear uncommon, creating transcendent images that gift us an extraordinary way of seeing and knowing. For the artist, the delicate tension remains how much light to let in. As one part of the image emerges another necessarily fades. Like night moving into day it is this point of transference that intrigues.

X proffers a kiss. An antidote to popular culture’s obsession with the superficial, my meticulously crafted work is a celebration of his passion for the technology. The consummation of material and surface sings of a love that is deep and substantial, a love that comes from within and without.

X-rays have eluded mankind for a long time, since the only natural source of X-rays on earth stems from the decay of rare radioactive substances such as Uranium. The discovery of X-rays was an accident: On November 8, 1895 W.C. Röntgen, a professor at the University of Würzburg in Germany, had been experimenting with a cathode ray tube, similar in construction to a light bulb. After covering up the tube to shield the visible light emitted from it, he noticed that a fluorescent screen present in the room was glowing. He deduced correctly that he discovered a new, mysterious kind of radiation that was different from visible light. He worked feverishly for the next several weeks, mentioning his discovery to no one. Röntgen quickly realized that these rays could penetrate materials that are opaque to visible light and that photographic film could be used to detect their presence. Röntgen himself produced the first X-ray shadowgraphs of bones by simply placing an object in front of a sheet of photographic film and turning his cathode ray tube on.

On December 22 he took his wife to his laboratory, and made the famous photograph of the bones of her hand. He wrote up his findings, calling the new radiation X-rays and submitted his remarkable paper for publication on December 28. He sent out a few preprints, and the news spread like wildfire. His results were confirmed in dozens of laboratories within days. He was invited to show his results to the Emperor, which he did on January 13 1896. The discovery was reported in the February issue of the Scientific American, and on March 1 X-rays were used to locate bullets in soldiers injured in a battle in Ethiopia. Over the same calendar year over 1000 articles were devoted to X-rays.

The amazing power of X-rays to take internal images of the body to diagnose bone fractures and other medical conditions was quickly realized and the technology was spread quickly to hospitals and doctors. Röntgen received the first Nobel prize awarded.

YouTube - 1940 X Ray Physics Documentary By William D Coolidge

Visit the Röntgen Museum - https://roentgenmuseum.de ( I have a permanent digital exhibition here )

Hugh Turvey trained as a designer / art director but on discovering photography he retrained under iconic photographer Gered Mankowitz. During 1996/1997 he started experimenting with x-ray/shadow photography after being asked to create an alternative ‘revealing’ image for an album cover. With the encouragement of the Science Photo Library he went on to produce an extensive series of coloured x-rays of everyday objects, which were first published on the 4 April 1999 in The Observer Magazine, LIFE, UK. In the same year Credit Suisse discovered Hughs' x-ray vision and commissioned 6 ground breaking ‘motion x-ray’ European TV commercials.


Origination:
a. Hugh Robert Turvey
b. Born 5/6/71 in Chippenham Wilts – West Country between Bath and Swindon. First Son of three children born to Patrica and Rod Turvey.


Heritage:
c. Patrica Turvey trained at the Bedford College Of Physical Education 1964-67. 1 year teaching at Overstone School Nr Northampton as Head of PE Dept. 2 Years St Christophers School Beckenham, Kent. 1970-77 Kington St Michael, Wilts and had 3 children. 1989-92 returned to teaching Royal School, Bath. 1992-99 part-time Sport Science Lecturer at Chippenham Technical College.
d. Patrica Turvey from 1969-79 played International Level Lacrose for Wales (WWLA)

 
e. Rodney Turvey 1963-68 Electronic and Electrical Engineering at City University, St. Johns St., London ( sandwich with working at Plessy, Ilford)2:2. 1969-80 Westinghouse, Chippenham, Wilts as Engineering Assistant-Export Sales Manager. 1981 Logica, Newman Street, London – salesman. 1983 Logica, Aberdeen – Section Manager. 1985 Logica, Henrietta House, London. 1987 Dowty Information Systems, Marshfield, Avon – System Director. 1988-92 Dowty – Managing Director. 1992 management buyout, Dowty becomes Dopra Systems Integrated – MD ( Note: Considers himself a Innovator and Business Developer – a problem solver )

f. 1994 Patrica and Rodney partner up and purchase Zapp Canopy Umbrellas, Stapleton Road, Bristol a small manufacturing company. 1999 Move to new premises in Westinghouse, Chippenham as Zapp Canopy Umbrellas Ltd. 2003 employing 6 permanent, 2 part-time and one agent in the Midlands.


Education:
93 - 94 University of Central Lancashire, Preston ( Blackpool Annex )

Ba ( Hons ) Photography ( 2:1) + B.I.P.P. PQE ( Merited )

92 -93 Blackpool And The Fylde College, Lancashire
Higher National Diploma in Photography

90 -92 Royal Berkshire College Of Art And Design, Reading
Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design and Advertising

89 - 90 Swindon Art College, Wiltshire
National Diploma Foundation In Art and Design Studies

85 - 89 Monmouth School, Gwent, Wales
3 A'Levels Fine Art, English Literature, Pure and Applied Maths
2 A/S'Levels Personal and Business Finance and General Studies
9 O'Levels English Literature, English Language, History, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Art