The Radiographic Nude

June 16, 2010 12:37 PM

"EIZO High End Monitors Medical Imaging" presents: Pin-Up 2010, an x-ray pinup calendar. (Possibly NSFW)
posted by zarq (46 comments total)

Less sexy once you see what those heels do to one's feet, eh?
posted by Solon and Thanks at 12:41 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]

didn't Lem predict this?
posted by oonh at 12:44 PM on June 16, 2010

Does silicone show up in x-rays?
posted by doctor_negative at 12:47 PM on June 16, 2010

I've seen everything. Yeah. I've seen it all.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 12:47 PM on June 16, 2010 [9 favorites]

This is actually pretty awesome as an anatomy-reference tool for drawing.
posted by COBRA! at 12:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]

wow
posted by Danila at 12:49 PM on June 16, 2010

I like a woman with no meat on her bones.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 12:50 PM on June 16, 2010

oonh, he sure did.
posted by a small part of the world at 12:50 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]

Neat.
posted by Forktine at 12:52 PM on June 16, 2010

Yes because radiation is meant for fun.
posted by stormpooper at 12:53 PM on June 16, 2010

The fact that Lem predicted this brings it from WTF to HOLY M-F WTF.
posted by GuyZero at 12:54 PM on June 16, 2010

Related:

The Operation is a short light porn/erotica film shot using infrared film. Warm spots on bodies, face masks, and clothes show up as bright spots on infrared film. Creepy and occasionally hot. [Link goes to a boing boing article about it as I'm not gonna spend too much company bandwidth searching for fetish porn.]
posted by Babblesort at 12:57 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

She sure has a nice smile in all those pics. Kind of reminiscent of Bettie Page, amirite?
posted by Xoebe at 12:58 PM on June 16, 2010

Is it possible to actually order this?
posted by jclovebrew at 12:59 PM on June 16, 2010

Warm spots on bodies, face masks, and clothes show up as bright spots on infrared film. Creepy and occasionally hot.

Reminds me of watching the blurred/color-altered adult entertainment on ppv cable. Kinda hot!
posted by kenko at 1:00 PM on June 16, 2010

I'd laugh my butt off if I saw this hanging in my doctor's office. It sure would make wearing that paper gown more fun.
posted by TooFewShoes at 1:00 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

XXX-Ray
posted by hal9k at 1:03 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

That girl could use a couple sandwiches.
posted by mrsshotglass at 1:07 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

It's fun to imagine that she's wearing a full burqa along with those heels.
posted by XMLicious at 1:09 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

Those girls have nothing to hide.
posted by borkencode at 1:12 PM on June 16, 2010

Gosh. I'd love to jump her, er, bones.
posted by Danf at 1:13 PM on June 16, 2010

Yes because radiation is meant for fun.

No, that is tragic. This is humerus.
posted by hal9k at 1:26 PM on June 16, 2010 [6 favorites]

I saw this on tumblr this morning and thought that was cool...
posted by infini at 1:32 PM on June 16, 2010

Ahem

"Boner."

That is all.
posted by griphus at 1:54 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

Nice patellas.
posted by pracowity at 1:57 PM on June 16, 2010

"This is actually pretty awesome as an anatomy-reference tool for drawing."

Yeah. I spend a lot of time drawing people in those poses. :)
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 1:58 PM on June 16, 2010

Babblesort: "The Operation is a short light porn/erotica film shot using infrared film. "

Dammit. I have been trying to get my hands on a copy of this for YEARS. I sent the Pander Brothers an email back in 2004 asking to buy a copy. The gave me a price, I sent a check and never heard anything every again. The check was never cashed.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 2:27 PM on June 16, 2010

Also, last link is dead.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 2:28 PM on June 16, 2010

Those are nice patellas. Maybe everyone's look like that, but you don't see them very often, you know?
posted by kenko at 2:38 PM on June 16, 2010

Does silicone show up in x-rays?

Check out Miss September.

The original link is acting up. Maybe they cut us off. There's a lo-res version here.
posted by Opposite George at 2:43 PM on June 16, 2010

Also, last link is dead.

This is an alternate gallery link.

Here's another, with fewer examples.

Found them while I was putting the post together, but as they are both sourced from the ufunk link, I didn't include 'em.
posted by zarq at 2:45 PM on June 16, 2010

I just wanna say that I run on two 22" Eizos at my job (on em right now) and they rule it pretty hard.

Tho they do tend to require service every 18 months or so.
posted by Senor Cardgage at 2:52 PM on June 16, 2010

Just got this from EIZO:

Hello and thank you for your inquiry. Please be advised this calendar was produced by an EIZO distributor in Europe and is not being carried or distributed by EIZO US, however we appreciate the impact it has had on EIZO's US brand recognition.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

EIZO Sales
EIZO NANAO Technologies, Inc.
5710 Warland Drive
Cypress, CA 90630
800-800-5202 x300
562-431-5011 x300
562-431-0991 Fax

posted by Jairus at 3:21 PM on June 16, 2010

Tho they do tend to require service every 18 months or so.

You only get serviced every 18 months? You must be so frustrated.
posted by spaceman_spiff at 3:25 PM on June 16, 2010

In fairness, the Vapors also predicted this. Requested it, even.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:44 PM on June 16, 2010

yeah the operation...

i met the pander brothers years ago in san fransisco and then again in seattle. an old roommate of mine did the music for the film. alas, they don't seem interested in posting the flick on the net or selling copies. and the old roommate disappeared ages ago.

as for the EIZO shots, oh my god are those amazing.
do those things do realtime video? if they do i'll gladly show up my naughties for movie making madness. especially in HD.

don't gross out metafilter.
posted by artof.mulata at 3:51 PM on June 16, 2010

These are weird and thought-provoking; I'd rather see them without the boob and thigh outlines, and without the shoes, and see if they're still titillating.
posted by LobsterMitten at 3:53 PM on June 16, 2010

Oh! if only she'd been a llama, jessamyn would have been so happy.
posted by unliteral at 4:38 PM on June 16, 2010

Is this some super-low dose X-ray? Since X-rays do carry a statistical increase in cancers, there's been a general medical consensus that they shouldn't be used for recreational or entertainment purposes. MRI is OK for that, but not X-ray.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:07 PM on June 16, 2010

Toy Story XXX: I got a Woody and a Buzz.
posted by Mental Wimp at 6:38 PM on June 16, 2010

OO-LA-LA!!!
posted by Relay at 7:47 PM on June 16, 2010

Dear God, talk about going deep...
posted by Samizdata at 6:13 AM on June 17, 2010

I've had a VHS copy of The Operation for years, pretty sure I copied it over to DVD, I'll look around and see if I can't find it. It's truly unique, and white-hot, IMO. :-)
posted by dbiedny at 9:29 AM on June 17, 2010

Scan Toys 1ºEdición
posted by homunculus at 9:32 AM on June 19, 2010

This just brings back bad memories of the radiologists that laughed at the x-ray outline of my tiny 12 year old penis when I had a scan of my pelvis.
posted by doublehappy at 1:40 AM on June 23, 2010

Looking at these pictures I suddenly realised that all these depictions of unclad women that we as a species have are all unwitting homages to procreation. The x-ray gives some distance and takes away the lurid/titillating thing. And only the totemic lust for life remains.
At the same time I couldn't help but see it as a modern Totentanz; the omen of death even when we're in the life phase that's the pinnacle of life.
That was touching; to see our obsession with finding a mate suddenly rescaled within the 4 act play that is our little life.
Beautiful.
posted by joost de vries at 2:28 AM on July 8, 2010 [1 favorite]