Photography and Spirit

by John Harvey

Book Overview

Can film capture what our eyes can't see? There are many examples--both historical and contemporary--of photographs of spirits or "ghosts." These images alternately have been derided as hoaxes or, at the other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld. Photography and Spirit examines these mesmerizing images of phantoms, psychical emanations, and religious apparitions.

Drawing upon eighty images taken between 1860 and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861893248
• ISBN13: 9781861893246
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 8.7"