5/21/2023 0 Comments Simulacra by John MichellSpirit photography quickly became a fad, seen as proof of survival. Spiritualists and photography experts eagerly examined the photograph and accepted it as showing both the living and the dead. Mumler’s discovery came during the expansion of Spiritualism and the popularity of Mediumship and Séances to communicate with the dead. He publicly testified that he had been alone when he had taken the photograph and that he had also experienced a strange sensation of a trembling in his right arm. He recognized her as a cousin who had died 12 years earlier. In 1861, he took a self-portrait and, after developing the photographic plate, noticed what appeared to be the image of a young woman next to him. The birth of spirit photography is credited to Boston jewelry engraver WILLIAM H. Most spirit photographs can be explained as fl aws on the film, fl aws in developing, fl aws in the camera, peculiar pixilations in digital photos, or tricks of light. Spirit photography has been controversial since its beginnings in 1861. Spirit photography Photographs alleged to reveal Ghosts or nonhuman entities.
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