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The perfect medium : photography and the occult
- Title
- The perfect medium : photography and the occult / Clément Chéroux ... [et al. ; Trista Selous, translation from French].
- Publication
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
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- Description
- 288 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Photography and the occult
- Subject
- Note
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by la Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., and held at the Metroplitan Museum of Art, Sept. 27-Dec. 31, 2005.
- "This catalogue is a revised edtion of 'Le troisième œil: la photographie et l'occulte'"--P. [5].
- Exhibition curators: Pierre Apraxine, Denis Canguilhem, Clément Chéroux, Adnreas Fishcer, Sophie Schmit.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-281) and index.
- Contents
- Photography and the occult / Pierre Apraxine, Sophie Schmit -- [pt. 1]. Photographs of spirits. Mumler's ghosts / Crista Cloutier -- "A photographer of marvels" : Frederick Hudson and the beginnings of spirit photography in Europe / Andreas Fischer -- Ghost dialects : spirit photography in entertainment and belief / Clément Chéroux -- "The most disreputable camera in the world" : spirit photography in the United Kindom in the early twentieth century / Andreas Fischer -- Conan Doyle : a study in black and white / Sophie Schmit -- [pt. 2]. Photographs of fluids. Photographs of fluids : an alphabet of invisible rays / Clément Chéroux -- "La lune au front" : remarks on the history of the photography of thoughts / Andreas Fischer -- The thoughography of Ted Serios / Stephen E. Braude -- [pt. 3]. Photographs of mediums. "The reciprocal adaptation of optics and phenomena" : the photographic recording of materializations / Andreas Fischer -- The "Margery" case / Pierre Apraxine -- Flammarion and Eusapia Palladino / Denis Canguilhem -- Monitoring the phenomena / Denis Canguilhem -- Franek Kluski's casts / Sophie Schmit.
- Call Number
- JQZ 13-1247
- ISBN
- 0300111363 (hbk.)
- 9780300111361 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2005926727
- OCLC
- 60740883
- Title
- The perfect medium : photography and the occult / Clément Chéroux ... [et al. ; Trista Selous, translation from French].
- Imprint
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
- Edition
- English-language ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-281) and index.
- Added Author
- Chéroux, Clément.Apraxine, Pierre.Maison européenne de la photographie (Paris, France)Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- JQZ 13-1247