The Case for Spirit Photography

The Case for Spirit Photography
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1923
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

The publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Great Britain, after his successful tour in America, the controversy was in full swing. With characteristic promptitude he immediately decided to meet these negative attacks by a positive counter-attack, and this volume is the outcome of that decision. We have used the term Spirit Photography on the title-page as being the popular name by which these phenomena are known. This does not imply that either Sir Arthur or I imagine that everything supernormal must be of spirit origin. There is, undoubtedly, a broad borderland where these photographic effects may be produced from forces contained within ourselves. This merges into those higher phenomena of which many cases are here described. Those desiring fuller information on this subject are referred to Photo graphing the Invisible, by James Coates.

Photography and Spirit

Photography and Spirit
Author: John Harvey
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2007
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781861893246

Photography and spirit examines images of phantoms, psychical emanations, and religious apparitions.

The Spirit Photographer

The Spirit Photographer
Author: Jon Michael Varese
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468315889

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 . . .

Spirit Into Matter

Spirit Into Matter
Author: Julian Cox
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2004
Genre: Photography, Artistic
ISBN: 9780892367610

Issued in conjunction with exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, June 15 - September 26, 2004.

Enduring Spirit

Enduring Spirit
Author: Phil Borges
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1998
Genre: Human rights
ISBN:

This latest collection of photographs by Phil Borges of indigenous and tribal people around the world is a testament to the strength and inherent dignity of the human spirit. Reproduced here are 80 hand-toned portraits of individuals who are striving to uphold their cultural diversity and traditions in countries where basic human rights are threatened - from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tibet, and from Mexico to Indonesia. This book is published in association with Amnesty International to mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document adopted by the United Nations in 1948 which outlines fundamental rights for all people.

Images of the Spirit

Images of the Spirit
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Photography, Artistic
ISBN: 9780893818326

Preface by Roberto Tejada. Epilogue by Alfredo Lopez Austin.

The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer

The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer
Author: Louis Kaplan
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2008
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0816651566

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.

Spirit-photographs are objective copies from subjective images impressed upon the ether of space, and constantly thrown out by our thoughts and deeds

Spirit-photographs are objective copies from subjective images impressed upon the ether of space, and constantly thrown out by our thoughts and deeds
Author: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
Total Pages: 7
Release: 2019-04-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

“Spirit” photographs allow a large margin for criticism, as they leave everything unexplained, and the figures are by no means satisfactory. There exists an infinite ocean of ether, in which all material substance floats, and through which are transmitted all the forces in the physical universe. An occult explanation of “Spirit” photographs is that they are objective copies from subjective photographs impressed upon the ether of space, and constantly thrown out by our thoughts, words, and deeds. So long as “Spirit” photography instead of being regarded as a science, is presented to the public as a new Revelation from the God of Israel and Jacob, the jury will continue deliberating for much longer.

The Case for Spirit Photography

The Case for Spirit Photography
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1923
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

The publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Great Britain, after his successful tour in America, the controversy was in full swing. With characteristic promptitude he immediately decided to meet these negative attacks by a positive counter-attack, and this volume is the outcome of that decision. We have used the term Spirit Photography on the title-page as being the popular name by which these phenomena are known. This does not imply that either Sir Arthur or I imagine that everything supernormal must be of spirit origin. There is, undoubtedly, a broad borderland where these photographic effects may be produced from forces contained within ourselves. This merges into those higher phenomena of which many cases are here described. Those desiring fuller information on this subject are referred to Photo graphing the Invisible, by James Coates.

Conjuring the Spirit World

Conjuring the Spirit World
Author: George H. Schwartz
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2024-09-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0847828247

Posters, photography, and objects from the height of Spiritualism and the history of magic gain renewed power when seen through today’s lens. The human desire to connect with the dead since the mid-19th century gave rise to a fascination with the supernatural and the magical. Mediums and magicians from Harry Houdini, Margery the Medium, Howard Thurston, and the Fox Sisters offered “communication” with the departed at séances and magic shows, two interrelated forms of popular culture that relied heavily on illusions and stagecraft. This is the first illustrated volume to gather the art and objects that made medium and magician performances iconic during the Spiritualism movement and beyond, a time when people actively debated and wondered, "can spirits return?" An international selection of paintings, photographs, posters, stage apparatuses, film, publications, and other objects reveal how audiences were entranced and mystified by these experiential performances, captivating willing believers and garnering skeptics as they navigated the intersecting realms of science and spirituality. From the origins of the iconic Oujia board to spirit photography, this book is a treasure trove.