Spina Bifida by George Steinmetz

Photo Credit: George Steinmetz

Since 1986, George has completed more than 40 major photo essays for National Geographic and 25 stories for GEO magazine in Germany.

His expeditions to the Sahara and Gobi deserts have been featured in separate National Geographic Explorer programs. In 2006 he was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to document the work of scientists in the Dry Valleys and volcanos of Antarctica.

George has won numerous awards for photography during his career, including two first prizes in science and technology from World Press Photo in 1995 and 1997.

Spina Bifida

Science & Technology, first prize singles

1994

The skeletons of a normal mouse and of one (top) that was genetically manipulated to be born with spina bifida. At Jackson Laboratory 1.5 million mice are bred for medical research every year. By creating mice which suffer from various diseases, biogeneticists are able to study whether and how congenital defects can be prevented and treated in humans.

Commissioned by: Geo