"Real Pictures of Ghosts. Impressive double exposures, I must say. All done without the help of Photoshop, but 'in camera'!" [via the cartoonist]
The abortive trial of William H. Mumler in 1872 was the start of a decades-long battle between Science and the Séance. In the United States, Britain and France, spiritualists were investigated by expert commissions and spirit photographers were sometimes prosecuted for fraud.
Well into the 20th century, spirit photography had high-profile supporters--including the physicist Sir William Crookes and the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of the photographs in this exhibition were made under test conditions thought to rule out possible fraudulent acts.
daskollektiv - am Freitag, 7. Februar 2003, 11:14 - Rubrik: photographie
