The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult
The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult
Chéroux, Clément
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780300111361, Publication Date: Sat, October 1, 2005, Type: Hardcover ,
join & start selling
description
7

The mesmerizing photographic history of occult phenomena, from levitations and apparitions to spectres, ghosts, and auras.

In the early days of photography, many believed and hoped that the camera would prove more efficient than the human eye in capturing the unseen. Spiritualists and animists of the nineteenth century seized on the new technology as a method of substantiating the existence of supernatural beings and happenings. This fascinating book assembles more than 250 photographic images from the Victorian era to the 1960s, each purporting to document an occult phenomenon: levitations, apparitions, transfigurations, ectoplasms, spectres, ghosts, and auras. Drawn from the archives of European and American occult societies and private and public collections, the photographs in many cases have never before been published.


The Perfect Medium studies these rare and remarkable photographs through cultural, historical, and artistic lenses. More than mere curiosities, the images on film are important records of the cultural forces and technical methods that brought about their production. They document in unexpected ways a period when developing photographic technology merged with a popular obsession with the occult to create a new genre of haunting experimental photographs.



Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 26 - December 31, 2005)

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

listens & views

TANGO ARGENTINO

by VILLADANGOS,VICTOR

COMPACT DISC

$18.49

LOVE AROUND THE WORLD

by RIEU,ANDRE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$10.99

ALBA PLACE (UK)

by RILEY,PAUL J

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$16.99

UNIVERSAL BUNNY STARRING MAY'N (JPN)

by NOME,SHERYL

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$22.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.