Spiritualism and the material performance of cameraless photography: Notes on and around a séance with Eusapia Palladino

This article examines the cameraless negatives revealing the imprints of four fingers obtained in Turin in February 1907 during the second of two séances with renowned medium Eusapia Palladino organized by physiologists Alberto Aggazzotti, Carlo Foà and Amedeo Hertlizka. By looking at the material a...

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Published in:Philosophy of photography (Print) 2022-04, Vol.13 (1), p.75-97
Main Author: Leonardi, Nicoletta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
deception
history of technology and media
material and visual culture in science
media archaeology
presentification
reception
science and spiritualism studies
spirit photography
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Summary:This article examines the cameraless negatives revealing the imprints of four fingers obtained in Turin in February 1907 during the second of two séances with renowned medium Eusapia Palladino organized by physiologists Alberto Aggazzotti, Carlo Foà and Amedeo Hertlizka. By looking at the material and performative components of the séance, it presents spiritualist cameraless photography as a productive tool for rethinking and reframing the photographic medium from a cross-disciplinary perspective questioning medium specific histories and dominant genealogies.
ISSN:2040-3682
2040-3690
DOI:10.1386/pop_00040_1