It's that time of the year...
As you probably know by now, I'm into all things spooky, and old. So, finding these amazing Victorian Spirit Photos is a truly awesome thing. It gets me in the Halloween mood and I thought I would share some of the favorite photos I found.
I really love these things. There is something so sweet and innocent about them. Maybe it was just a trick done by the photographer on a naive sitter wanting to connect to their loved ones. Or maybe it is something else. Maybe something we want to believe. Everyone wants to believe that we have someone watching over us, someone protecting us. No one wants to be alone. These spirit photographs might just have given these Victorians a little bit of hope that they were indeed not alone.
Want to see some more? Here's a wonderful post from the American Museum of Photography.
This also fascinates me....
What's Ectoplasm? A lovely post from Cabinet Magazine.
Pretty amazing stuff, don't you think? Although I am way too cynical to believe 100% in any of this stuff. I do enjoy letting myself imagine myself in a time where anything spiritual was possible.
Do you believe in Ghosts?
Here's a post on Victorian Spirit Photography I did a few years ago.
As you probably know by now, I'm into all things spooky, and old. So, finding these amazing Victorian Spirit Photos is a truly awesome thing. It gets me in the Halloween mood and I thought I would share some of the favorite photos I found.
I really love these things. There is something so sweet and innocent about them. Maybe it was just a trick done by the photographer on a naive sitter wanting to connect to their loved ones. Or maybe it is something else. Maybe something we want to believe. Everyone wants to believe that we have someone watching over us, someone protecting us. No one wants to be alone. These spirit photographs might just have given these Victorians a little bit of hope that they were indeed not alone.
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| Spirit Photo via Vintag.es |
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| The Ghost in the Stereoscope, photographer Unknown, c. 1856 |
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| Lady Helena Newenham and the Spirit of Her Daughter via Photography Museum |
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| Portrait of Prince Arthur, 1854, Roger Fenton, The Royal Photographic Society Collection, National Media Museum |
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| Mrs. Bentley and the Spirit of her Deceased Sister via National Media Museum |
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| Ghost Stories, via Blenders |
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| Photographer Unknown, Woman with Daisies and Spirit, 1875 via American Museum of Photography |
Want to see some more? Here's a wonderful post from the American Museum of Photography.
This also fascinates me....
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| Here's Medium Stanislawa with her Ectoplasm from 1913 |
Pretty amazing stuff, don't you think? Although I am way too cynical to believe 100% in any of this stuff. I do enjoy letting myself imagine myself in a time where anything spiritual was possible.
Do you believe in Ghosts?
Here's a post on Victorian Spirit Photography I did a few years ago.