Imaginarium of Tears About These micrographs of crystallized tears function as story starters. Mikkers: “Since every tear has a hidden story, the ultimate goal is to create more awareness around the stories and challenges faced in life that caused these tears, therefore hopefully bringing people closer together.” Mikkers believes we should embrace our tears. “They are one of the true expressions of yourself and your connection to the world.” Every tear has a hidden story. They are small droplets of fluid, but at the same time complex vials of human emotion produced by one of the most basic and primal expressions of our feelings and thoughts: crying. In 2015, Maurice Mikkers started on a quest to turn tears into works of art, which resulted in the ‘Imaginarium of Tears’. Imaginarium of Tears is an ongoing photography project. Mikkers captures the beauty of tears by crystalizing and subsequently photographing them underneath a microscope. The results are stunning works of art that have been featured by Wired.com, Business Insider, National Geographic, Gizmodo, Al Jazeera and many more. Every tear has a hidden story. They are small droplets of fluid, but at the same time complex vials of human emotion produced by one of the most basic and primal expressions of our feelings and thoughts: crying. In 2015, Maurice Mikkers started on a quest to turn tears into works of art, which resulted in the ‘Imaginarium of Tears’. Imaginarium of Tears is an ongoing photography project. Mikkers captures the beauty of tears by crystalizing and subsequently photographing them underneath a microscope. The results are stunning works of art that have been featured by Wired.com, Business Insider, National Geographic, Gizmodo, Al Jazeera and many more.

These micrographs of crystallized tears function as story starters. Mikkers: “Since every tear has a hidden story, the ultimate goal is to create more awareness around the stories and challenges faced in life that caused these tears, therefore hopefully bringing people closer together.” Mikkers believes we should embrace our tears. “They are one of the true expressions of yourself and your connection to the world.” More project details More project details

Emotional Tear Lauren An emotional tear of sadness, because her dad was very sick and there was nothing she could do about it. Share Basal Tear Wez A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into her eyes, while she forced herself to look into a large ventilator. Share Reflex Tear Amber A reflex tear produced by onions. While cutting these onions, vapours got released irritating her eyes. Share Emotional Tear Ariadne An emotional tear of sadness, due to a forced response. A response triggered by the things that happend in the past. Share Basal Tear Teun A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into his eyes, while he forced himself to look into a large ventilator. Share Reflex Tear Andrea A reflex tear produced by onions. While cutting these onions, vapours got released irritating her eyes. Share Basal Tear Sarha A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into her eyes, while she forced herself to look into a large ventilator. Share Emotional Tear Maurice An emotional tear of pain, because he bumped his small toe very hard against the table. Share Emotional Tear Farid An emotional tear of sadness, because of the continuing challenges and problems that refugees face. Share Reflex Tear David A reflex tear produced by onions. While cutting these onions, vapours got released irritating his eyes. Share Emotional Tear Madita An emotional tear of frustration, because her boss is not allowing her, to work at her full potential. Share Basal Tear René A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into his eyes, while he forced himself to look into a large ventilator. Share Emotional Tear Anna An emotional tear of sadness, because she is going trough a very tough period in life. Share Reflex Tear Matthew A reflex tear produced by cutting onions and eating red Peppers, both stimulating the respons of a reflex tear. Share Basal Tear Natalie A basal tear produced by directly looking into the sun without wearing any protection. Share Emotional Tear Takami An emotional tear of sadness, because her lost a very dear friend due to a tragedy. Share Basal Tear Madita A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into her eyes, while she forced herself to look into a large ventilator. Share Reflex Tear Mik A reflex tear produced by menthol oil. After he applied menthol oil on the top of his eyelid tears where induced. Share Emotional Tear Maurice An emotional tear of happiness, because of the good news of being a TEDx speaker in Amsterdam. Share Basal Tear Roos A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into her eyes, while she forced herself to look into a large ventilator. Share Reflex Tear Martine A reflex tear produced by onions. While cutting these onions, vapours got released irritating her eyes. Share Emotional Tear Choi An emotional tear of sadness, because she was struggling to get a trough time in life. Share Reflex Tear Bas A reflex tear produced by cutting onions and eating red Peppers, both stimulating the respons of a reflex tear. Share Reflex Tear Tim A reflex tear produced by cutting onions and eating red Peppers, both stimulating the respons of a reflex tear. Share Emotional Tear Claudia An emotional tear of sadness, because she was struggling to get a trough time in life. Share Basal Tear Rao A basal tear produced by not blinking for a very long time, forcing his eyes to stay open by using with his fingers. Share Reflex Tear Victor A reflex tear produced by cutting onions and eating red Peppers, both stimulating the respons of a reflex tear. Share Emotional Tear Ivan An emotional tear of sadness, because he was leaving The Netherlands, moving back to is home country Russia. Share Basal Tear Maurice A basal tear produced by excessively forcing himself to keep yawning, producing tears along the way. Share Reflex Tear Yuki A reflex tear produced by onions. While cutting these onions, vapours got released irritating her eyes. Share Emotional Tear Carlijn An emotional tear of sadness, due to a forced emotional response that was triggered by a movie she was watching. Share Emotional Tear Anne Maria An emotional tear of sadness, due to an emotional response. Share Emotional Tear Gonney An emotional tear of sadness, shed during the last days of life. Share ReflexTear Dieudy A reflex tear produced by cutting onions and eating red Peppers, both stimulating the respons of a reflex tear. Share Basal Tear Jessica A basal tear produced by wind blowing directly into her eyes, while she forced herself to look into a large ventilator. Share

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