Transparent Specimen / Iori Tomita

This application is a portfolio of the “New World Transparent Specimens.”
Purchase of one will allow you to download it onto both iPhone and iPad.


Transparent specimens are made by turning the body of organisms transparent and staining the bones and cartilages red and blue. Devoting much time and effort results in a beautifully transparent specimen.
Enjoy the beautiful and wondrous world of “New World Transparent Specimens.”


[Number of images]
Total of over 180 images of more than 50 species of organisms including fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and mammals.


[Artist biography]

Iori Tomita
Born in 1983.
2006.3 Graduated Kitasato University School of Fisheries Sciences.
2008.12 Won the Best Exhibition Award at the Creators’ Market vol.19.
2009.3 Contributed 10 pages to the May issue of the science magazine “Newton.”
2010.2 Contributed a 22-page feature article in a book published by the Newton Press.
2010.7 Held an exhibition at the Sunshine International Aquarium.
2010.9 Made a presentation at the Shanghai Art Fair 2010 (China).
2010.9 Held a personal exhibition at the Kinokuniya Book Store, New York (USA).
2010.10 Held an exhibition at the Shin-Enoshima Aquarium.


[Publications]
・Photograph collection “[Shinsekai] Toumei Hyouhon -New World Transparent Specimens-”
Published in 2009 by Shogakukan Inc.; 25000 copies printed as of March 2011.

・Book “Toumei na Chimmoku”
Published in 2010 by Seishisha, Ltd.; 7000 copies printed as of March 2011.