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John Harvey Photography and Spirit (Paperback) Exposures (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- Photography and Spirit
- Title
- Photography and Spirit
- EAN
- 9781861893246
- ISBN
- 9781861893246
- Release Year
- 2007
- Release Date
- 01/06/2007
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Series
- Exposures
- Book Title
- Photography and Spirit
- Item Length
- 8.7in
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Photography, Body, Mind & Spirit
- Topic
- General, Spiritualism
- Item Width
- 7.5in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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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 beenderided as hoaxes or, at the other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld. Photography and Spirit examines thesemesmerizing images of phantoms, psychical emanations, and religious apparitions. Drawing upon eighty images taken between 1860 and today, John Harvey explores spirit photography from the various perspectives of religion, science, and art. Some of the photographs he considers were taken by scientists, others by amateur and commercial photographers, and still others by robotic surveillance devices. The diverse origins of the spirit photographs have inspired a multiplicity of interpretations and engendered, in some cases, high levels of skepticism. Harvey s analysis probes the connections between the images, human imagination, and larger cultural traditions. Photography and Spirit transforms what are often fringe objects of kitsch into revelatory artifacts of cultural history, drawing from them thought-provoking insights into the historical connections between the material and spiritual worlds, representations of grief, and human cultures enduring fascination with the supernatural. Photo images of ethereal spirits render the border between what is real and what is fantastic indistinguishable. Photography and Spirit challenges our pre-conceived notions and offers an intriguing new perspective on the nature of photography. "
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Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1861893248
ISBN-13
9781861893246
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57012364
Product Key Features
Book Title
Photography and Spirit
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Spiritualism
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Photography, Body, Mind & Spirit
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
7.5in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bf1381
Reviews
economical and intriguing ... Harvey restores the full sense of 'spirit' in nineteenth-century science, religion and aesthetics, while charting spirit photography's persistence well into the twentieth century . . . a fascinating addition to the literature on delusional aesthetics., Harvey has done an excellent job in outlining how the three domains fed into the phenomenon of spirit photography, and how its fascination endures., "This book will fascinate readers with its photographs of spirit contact and spirit presence. If you want to look at ghosts on film, these 80 illustrations will more than satisfy your interest . . . This is a journey through the surreal, an active and in-depth examination of the numerous myths and cultural history surrounding spirit photography. . . . For the general reader, those interested in the paranormal, or the experienced ghost hunter, this is an ideal book to have in the home library. . . . Literate, well-written, and highly entertaining are the three words to best describe this book by John Harvey. Highly recommended!"- Lee Prosser, Ghostvillage.com, A rounded picture of the phenomenon. . . . Overall Harvey has done an excellent job in outlining how the three domains fed into the phenomenon of spirit photography, and how its fascination endures., "Harvey captures a modern technological zeitgeist, a literal ghost in teh machine that mixes and merges the mystical, the artistic, and the scientific. At once a primer on optical advances and art history, Photography and Spirit is also about religious devotion and the ways new visual technologies affect teh beliefs and behaviors of religious people."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "A rounded picture of the phenomenon. . . . Overall Harvey has done an excellent job in outlining how the three domains fed into the phenomenon of spirit photography, and how its fascination endures."-Tom Ruffles, Fortean Times, John Harvey's new work finds the emerging medium of photography in the second half of the nineteenth century provides a source for thinking through the visualization of the holy . . . wonderfully illustrated, and it is refreshing for scholars of religion to find a press like Reaktion Books that is not normally publishing in religious studies, yet taking topics in religion seriously, and provide a visual forum for the display of images., "This book will fascinate readers with its photographs of spirit contact and spirit presence. If you want to look at ghosts on film, these 80 illustrations will more than satisfy your interest . . . This is a journey through the surreal, an active and in-depth examination of the numerous myths and cultural history surrounding spirit photography. . . . For the general reader, those interested in the paranormal, or the experienced ghost hunter, this is an ideal book to have in the home library. . . . Literate, well-written, and highly entertaining are the three words to best describe this book by John Harvey. Highly recommended!" Lee Prosser, Ghostvillage.com , Harvey captures a modern technological zeitgeist, a literal ghost in teh machine that mixes and merges the mystical, the artistic, and the scientific. At once a primer on optical advances and art history, Photography and Spirit is also about religious devotion and the ways new visual technologies affect teh beliefs and behaviors of religious people., "This book will fascinate readers with its photographs of spirit contact and spirit presence. If you want to look at ghosts on film, these 80 illustrations will more than satisfy your interest . . . This is a journey through the surreal, an active and in-depth examination of the numerous myths and cultural history surrounding spirit photography. . . . For the general reader, those interested in the paranormal, or the experienced ghost hunter, this is an ideal book to have in the home library. . . . Literate, well-written, and highly entertaining are the three words to best describe this book by John Harvey. Highly recommended!" Lee Prosser, Ghostvillage.com
Table of Content
Introduction Spirits: Before the Camera Religion The Spirit of Religion Visions and Visitations Relics and Representation Iconicity and Continuity Crossing Over: From Service to Séance After Image: Departing and Desire After Life: Destinations and Demons Science Passing On: From Séance to Science Exposure: Testing the Spirits The Photographic Medium Art The Spirit and Art The Photographer and Spirit Phantom and Fabrication The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be Legion: Revision and Diversification
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
133.92
Series
Exposures Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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