Just in time f
or Halloween, there’s a fascinatingly creepy but ultimately common-sense article about the Victorian practice of photographing ghosts on the Hyperallergic blog here.
The article debunks some of the old myths surrounding ghostly photographs and is illustrated with some really good examples, as well as some that wouldn’t fool anyone these days. But when the technology was new and people had no understanding of how it worked, it must have been only too easy to believe that the camera never lied.
Reminiscent of the perils of air-brushing and Photo-shopping these days!
FIONA GLASS 