Gary Greenberg
The secrets of nature are visible everywhere. Yet, they remain secrets until they are revealed. Dr. Greenberg’s presentations take the audience on an astonishing microscopic journey through the hidden wonders of nature. Using his special three-dimensional microscopes, Gary Greenberg combines his zeal for art and science by creating dramatic landscapes of unseen worlds.
The mysteries of nature intrigued him at an early age. He received his first microscope at the age of thirteen, and he was amazed by the beauty and complexity of ordinary things, such as insects, flowers and rocks. The microscope transported him into a new dimension. It was like a pair of magic glasses revealing the underlying fabric of reality.
Originally a photographer and filmmaker, at the age of 33 he moved from Los Angeles to London to earn a Ph.D. in biomedical research from University College London. Dr. Greenberg was an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California during the 1980’s. During the 1990’s he invented and developed high-definition, three-dimensional light microscopes, for which he was issued eighteen US patents.
Since 2001, Dr. Greenberg has been using his special microscopes to create spectacular landscapes of worlds beyond our everyday perception - worlds where reality is seen as abstract form and color, motion and texture. Greenberg focuses his microscopes on common objects, such as grains of sand, flowers, and food. These everyday objects take on a new reality when magnified hundreds of times, exposing fresh and unexpected aspects of nature. Dr. Greenberg’s images of sand make us realize that as we walk along a beach we are strolling on thousands of years of biological and geological history.
Greenberg believes that art is a window through which we can appreciate the miracles of nature. It is his mission to reveal the hidden beauty of the microscopic landscape that makes up our everyday world. The beauty of nature lies in its consciousness. When we commune with nature, we become conscious of our connection with the universe. The miracles of nature are tangible, and they can be seen directly through the microscope.
Dr. Greenberg is currently a featured artist at the Science Museum of Minnesota. His exhibit, Exploring the Microscopic World of Sand runs from May 2008 through January 2010. He has recently written a fascinating book about sand grains through the microscope – A Grain of Sand: Nature’s Secret Wonder, published by Voyageur Press in 2008.
The secrets of nature are visible everywhere. Yet, they remain secrets until they are revealed. Dr. Greenberg’s presentations take the audience on an astonishing microscopic journey through the hidden wonders of nature. Using his special three-dimensional microscopes, Gary Greenberg combines his zeal for art and science by creating dramatic landscapes of unseen worlds.
The mysteries of nature intrigued him at an early age. He received his first microscope at the age of thirteen, and he was amazed by the beauty and complexity of ordinary things, such as insects, flowers and rocks. The microscope transported him into a new dimension. It was like a pair of magic glasses revealing the underlying fabric of reality.
Originally a photographer and filmmaker, at the age of 33 he moved from Los Angeles to London to earn a Ph.D. in biomedical research from University College London. Dr. Greenberg was an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California during the 1980’s. During the 1990’s he invented and developed high-definition, three-dimensional light microscopes, for which he was issued eighteen US patents.
Since 2001, Dr. Greenberg has been using his special microscopes to create spectacular landscapes of worlds beyond our everyday perception - worlds where reality is seen as abstract form and color, motion and texture. Greenberg focuses his microscopes on common objects, such as grains of sand, flowers, and food. These everyday objects take on a new reality when magnified hundreds of times, exposing fresh and unexpected aspects of nature. Dr. Greenberg’s images of sand make us realize that as we walk along a beach we are strolling on thousands of years of biological and geological history.
Greenberg believes that art is a window through which we can appreciate the miracles of nature. It is his mission to reveal the hidden beauty of the microscopic landscape that makes up our everyday world. The beauty of nature lies in its consciousness. When we commune with nature, we become conscious of our connection with the universe. The miracles of nature are tangible, and they can be seen directly through the microscope.
Dr. Greenberg is currently a featured artist at the Science Museum of Minnesota. His exhibit, Exploring the Microscopic World of Sand runs from May 2008 through January 2010. He has recently written a fascinating book about sand grains through the microscope – A Grain of Sand: Nature’s Secret Wonder, published by Voyageur Press in 2008.
