Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900

Corey Keller and Jennifer Tucker

The images demonstrate early experiments with microscopes, telescopes, electricity and magnetism, motion studies, X-rays and radiation, and spirit photography. We learn how these pictures circulated among the public, whether through the press, world’s fairs, or theaters. What started out as scientific progress, however, often took on the trappings of magic and superstition, as photography was enlisted to offer visual evidence of clairvoyance, spirits, and other occult influences.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher: Yale University Press; First Edition edition 2008
Language: English