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The word “photography,” which roughly means “light-writing”, was coined in 1839 by chemist and inventor Sir John Herschel. There were some cameras prior to this year, like the camera obscura. But 1839 saw the birth of many new photographic techniques. Louis Daguerre introduced the “daguerrotype” method of photography, which did not require the hours of exposure necessary for a camera obscura. It can be hard to get those pesky pixies to stay still for long! So, these advancements made it possible for the first time to claim photographic proof, and so objective “scientific” proof, of the supernatural. Photographing Ghosts Within a few decades of photography’s commercial success, “spirit photographers” emerged. They took photos during seances and documented the presence of […]
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