The Spirit Photographer
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The Spirit Photographer
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Author : Jon Michael Varese
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2018-04-17
The Spirit Photographer written by Jon Michael Varese and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Fiction categories.
A charlatan is haunted by sinister secrets and spirits from his past in this Gothic novel of the Reconstruction Era. Boston, 1870. Photographer Edward Moody has gained fame and fortune capturing the images of spirits in his photo portraits. He lures grieving widows and mourning mothers into his studio with promises of catching the ghosts of their deceased loved ones with his camera. But his elaborate hoax is about to yield shocking results . . . While attempting to capture the spirit of an abolitionist senator’s young son, a different spectral figure develops before Moody’s eyes. The camera has seemingly captured the spirit of a beautiful young woman from Moody’s past—the daughter of an escaped slave he knew long ago. He immediately sets out for the Louisiana bayou to resolve their unfinished business?and perhaps save his soul . . .
The Case For Spirit Photography
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Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-05-14
The Case For Spirit Photography written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
"Can the camera show us those who have passed on? Yes!" Arthur Conan Doyle said upon publishing The Case For Spirit Photography in 1923. The book offers a thorough account of his own experiences with spirit photography and those of others. The first spirit photographer, William Mumler, began working in Boston in 1861. Faint figures believed to be lost loved ones appeared in photos behind those sitting in front of the camera. Over the years, Mumler took thousands of spirit photographs, including one of Mary Todd Lincoln showing the assassinated president behind her. P.T. Barnum, always one to enjoy a good humbug, was intrigued as well and displayed several Mumler photographs in his American Museum. But with growing success came more skeptics. And eventually, some of them noticed that several spirits were actually people still living. By 1869, the police were on the case and claimed Mumler was swindling people out of their money. The spirit photographer went to court, supported by the Spiritualist community who maintained their belief that he was innocent and genuine. Mumler was exonerated when no one could prove he'd faked his photos. His legal troubles ultimately hurt his business, but spirit photography lived on through other mediums wielding otherworldly cameras. Doyle believed many of them to be genuine and often came to the defense of photographers accused of fraud. He had been one of Spiritualism's loudest and best-known evangelists in the early twentieth century. He, and its millions of followers, believed that we never die-we merely move on to another plane that could amazingly be captured on film. The author's good friend, Harry Houdini, spent many years exposing fraudulent mediums that capitalized on Spiritualism and people's willingness to believe that the dead could talk. One example was spirit photographer Alexander Martin of Denver, Colorado. Doyle told Houdini that he was "a very wonderful man in his particular line." So the magician paid him a visit, and once inside the studio he attempted to explore the dark room. After a few secretive photographic shenanigans, Martin shared some ghosts. Houdini concluded the photos were simply double exposures. "From a logical, rational point of view, Spirit photography is a most barefaced imposition and stands as evidence of the credulity of those who are in sympathy with the superstitions of occultism," he wrote in 1924's A Magician Among the Spirits. "It is also evidence of how unscrupulous mediums become and how calloused their consciences." Doyle clearly disagreed. Genuine or not, the stories presented within these pages are fascinating and a hundred years later the photos remain extraordinary. And they are faithfully reproduced as published in 1923.
Photographing The Invisible
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Author : James Coates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
Photographing The Invisible written by James Coates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Photography of the invisible categories.
In this 100 year old book the mechanics of spirit photography are explained by apparent spirits communicating through mediums. It has to do with ether and semi-materialization apparently. However, the presence of a medium before the taking of the photograph is essential, reportedly. In addition, the medium should be morally and physically healthy and able to maintain a passive mental state. Anxiety is reportedly a great hindrance. That way, the subconscious thought forms are liberated. There's a photo of Alfred Russel Wallace and his deceased mother. Wallace states, "The facts were too many for me." Photos of people's doubles were apparently also possible, such as the photo taken of medium Stainton Moses and his double. Mr. Coates includes a photo of himself and his dead wife. Thought photography is discussed towards the end of the book, which apparently dates from 1876. Images of objects enter and fix themselves in our brains through the retina, and then they can leave our brains by the same route, reportedly. Coates includes a letter from a correspondent who reportedly received evidence that there is a large band of workers in the spirit world who are "helping to convince the Western World that there are things and beings which cannot be cognised by ordinary sense faculty." A good book to generate conversation about
The Ghost Photographer
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Author : Julie Rieger
language : en
Publisher: Atria/Enliven Books
Release Date : 2020-03-10
The Ghost Photographer written by Julie Rieger and has been published by Atria/Enliven Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Told with uncensored Southern wit and guidance, this inspirational memoir “is a good primer on getting into the psychic realm” (Booklist) and recounts the story of a Hollywood film executive who journeys through the cosmic wilderness and, against all odds, discovers psychic superpowers that radically transformed her life. As a senior executive at one of the world’s largest movie studios, Julie Rieger spent her days marketing the imaginary stories of ghosts, faeries, superheroes, aliens, and more fantastical creatures. But after the devastating loss of her mother, the world of make-believe became reality when Julie captured her first ghost in a photograph and blew open a door to the Other Side. The Ghost Photographer chronicles Julie’s wild ride down the spiritual rabbit hole. After a series of unexpected, mind-blowing, and sometimes frightening encounters with the spirit realm, Julie was forced to face this strange awakening, flying in the face of scientific dogma and her own die-hard skepticism. Ultimately, she discovered that what she thought she had lost with the death of her mother—unconditional love—was in fact the greatest superpower one can wield. “A hugely entertaining must-read for anyone who’s ever struggled with loss or wondered what might be beyond the veil of our five senses” (Anita Moorjani, author of Dying To Be Me), The Ghost Photographer offers insights into our relationship with the spirit world, prayers and rituals for cleansing and protecting our homes from unwanted ghosts, and guidance on how to develop our intuition and sixth sense.
The Veil Lifted Modern Developments Of Spirit Photography
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Author : John Traill Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Veil Lifted Modern Developments Of Spirit Photography written by John Traill Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Spirit photography categories.
Photography And Spirit
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Author : John Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2007
Photography And Spirit written by John Harvey and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Photography and spirit examines images of phantoms, psychical emanations, and religious apparitions.
Ghosts In Photographs The Extraordinary Story Of Spirit Photography
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Author : Fred Gettings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Ghosts In Photographs The Extraordinary Story Of Spirit Photography written by Fred Gettings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Ghosts categories.
Modern Developments Of Spirit Photography
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Author : Andrew Glendinning
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Modern Developments Of Spirit Photography written by Andrew Glendinning and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with categories.
The publication in the British Journal of Photography of Mr. Taylor's Paper, with the proceedings of the meeting at which it was read, has aroused a wide-spread and deep interest in the subject. The principal portions of it, and, in some instances the whole of the Paper, together with editorial comments, have subsequently appeared in newspapers and journals in Canada, Australia, India, America, and other countries. As his experiments will be a matter of historical interest, many scientific men will be pleased to have his Paper in this book form, with the reproductions of two of the psychic pictures which he obtained on his photographic plates.The term "spirit photographs" is generally used to describe photographs of psychic entities who cannot be seen by ordinary persons, but can be photographed by a medium, or with the help of a medium, and with the co-operation of these unseen entities. Such portraits are obtained both indoors and in the open air, with and without a background, by natural light and by artificial light; and, in the case of "materialised" forms at séances, which are visible to every person present, the portraits have sometimes been taken by light produced by the spirits, the exact nature of which is unknown.The following may serve as a rough classification of what are called spirit photographs: -1. Portraits of psychical entities not seen by normal vision.2. Pictures of objects not seen nor thought of by the sitter or by the medium or operator; such as flowers, words, crosses, crowns, lights, and various emblematic objects.3. Pictures which have the appearance of being copied from statues, paintings, or drawings. Sometimes these are busts or heads only. The flatness in some photographs of this class is supposed, by persons who have not investigated the subject, to be proof that the photographs are produced in a fraudulent manner.4. Pictures of what are called materialised forms visible to normal sight.5. Pictures of the "wraith" or "double" of persons still in the body.6. Portraits on plates which developers have failed to bring into view, but that can be seen and described by clairvoyants and by mediums when in trance and whose descriptions agree, though made independently.
The Case For Spirit Photography
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Author : Arthurt Conan Doyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-03
The Case For Spirit Photography written by Arthurt Conan Doyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-03 with categories.
This copy features a cover by Pat AulisioNoted spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, argues in this book for connection with spirits through photography and offers evidence in the form of pictures with various spirits present. Conan Doyle was driven to publish this book after noted spirit photographer William Hope was proved to be a fraud. Published in 1922, the book in its original edition is now rare and considered an important piece of history to those interested in the supernatural.
The Strange Case Of William Mumler Spirit Photographer
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Author : Louis Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2008
The Strange Case Of William Mumler Spirit Photographer written by Louis Kaplan and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Photography categories.
In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghostsa or so he claimed. Faint images of the dearly departed lurked in the background with the living, like his well-known photo of the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln comforting Mary Todd. The practice came to be known as spirit photography, and some believed Mumler was channeling the dead. Skeptics, however, called it a fraudulent trick on the gullible, taking advantage of the grieving at a time of suffering and loss. Mumlera s insistence that his work brought back the dead led to a sensational trial in 1869 that was the talk of the nation.