The perfect medium : photography and the occult / Clément Chéroux [and others].

Photography and the occult

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.

288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

"This catalogue is issued in conjunction with the exhibition "The perfect medium : photography and the occult" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 27 September-31 December 2005."

Photography and the occult / Pierre Apraxine, Sophie Schmit -- [pt. 1]. Photographs of spirits. -- Mumler's ghosts / Crista Cloutier -- "A photographer of marvels" : Frederick Hudson and the beginnings of spirit photography in Europe / Andreas Fischer -- Ghost dialectics : spirit photography in entertainment and belief / Clément Chéroux -- "The most disreputable camera in the world" : spirit photography in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century / Andreas Fischer -- Conan Doyle : a study in black and white / Sophie Schmit -- [pt. 2]. Photographs of fluids. -- Photographs of fluids : an alphabet of invisible rays / Clément Chéroux -- "La lune au front" : remarks on the history of the photography of thought / Andreas Fischer -- The thoughtography of Ted Serios / Stephen E. Braude -- [pt. 3]. Photographs of mediums. -- "The reciprocal adaptation of optics and phenomena" : the photographic recording of materializations / Andreas Fischer -- The "Margery" case / Pierre Apraxine -- Flammarion and Eusapia Palladino / Denis Canguilhem -- Monitoring the phenomena / Denis Canguilhem -- Franek Kluski's casts / Sophie Schmit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.