Spirit photography.

In this new episode of the podcast titled «People and events aren’t accidents» we shall speak about photographs «from the other side» – spiritual images which are claimed to depict paranormal events. «Spirit» photography gained popularity during the second half of the 19th century. It was a topic of conversation among adherents and opponents of Spiritualism, and more than once became a subject of intense analysis by historians, psychologists, sociologists, and art historians alike. Spirit photography is presently viewed as a special genre of photography characteristic of its times.

In this episode, accompanied by experts, we shall:

Consider the phenomenon of spiritual photography, precursors to its development, and the surrounding historical context.
Discuss the reasons for which the doctor and writer Arthur Conan Doyle firmly believed in the supernatural and even wrote a two-tome study on the matter titled «The History of Spiritualism».
Discover the techniques with which inventive photographers produced pictures with «ghosts» and maintained a «spiritual compendium.»
Science vs. Faith: draw parallels between belief in ghosts and scientific discoveries of the era.
Demonstrate how the search for evidence of the afterlife became a part of the visual culture and an artistic method, as well as which techniques from the past are utilised by modern authors and for what purposes.
Learn, of course, about the amusing events and popular examples of mystification, and witness the best examples of spirit photography!