the perfect medium: photography and the occult
Andy
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excellent article in today's new york times on a current show at the met, "photography and the occult." it's really cool to read about what photographers did in camera, and in the darkroom, many years ago.
the perfect medium: photography and the occult link to the nytimes article (you'll need to register, it's free).
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the perfect medium: photography and the occult link to the nytimes article (you'll need to register, it's free).
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Which leaves the odd case like Ted Serios. An elevator operator in Chicago who found that under hypnosis and with a few drinks under his belt, he could project images from his mind straight onto Polaroid film, in the 1960's, in cahoots with a Denver psychiatrist and psychic researcher, Jule Eisenbud, he produced thousands of "thought photographs." These are creepy, blurry, off-kilter Blair Witch-like pictures of automobiles and hotels and shadowy men in uniform, which have yet to be fully explained away.
Maybe a creepy David Blaine kind of trickster??
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen