For over 30 years David Scharf has been making images with the Scanning Electron Microscope. Beginning with black & white images recorded onto 4”x5” film in 1973. In 1980 came a period of expertly hand colored images, copied onto 4”x5” and 35mm transparency film. By 1991 or so, digital color images were being recorded using Scharf’s Multi-Detector Color Synthesizer for the S.E.M. The quality kept on getting better as technology has permitted. David Scharf’s S.E.M. images define the state-of-the-art in S.E.M. imaging.

198809-025a No-See-Um

198706-017 Ragweed Pollen

198609-116a Dust Mite

Ordering Information

We have been supplying stock S.E.M. images to publisher’s of textbooks, tradebooks, advertising agencies, magazines for many years and we have hundreds of subjects and thousands of stock images available. At this time a small sample of some of the latest images are posted on the website, but eventually our entire catalogue will be available. Currently we are scanning and digitizing many of the wonderful, older B&W images as well. If you find something you like please send us an e-mail with the stock number to discuss liscencing. If you can't find what you're looking for, check the Stock Images List, or feel free to give us a call or send us an e-mail. Please include a brief description of what you are looking for in the e-mail.

All digital color images can be optimized for your specific needs. They generally have an Adobe 1998 color profile for professional color work-flow printing purposes.