单词 | spirit photography |
释义 | > as lemmasspirit photography spirit photography n. photography which purports to show spirits, esp. of people who have died; the production of spirit photographs. ΚΠ 1862 Boston Investigator 12 Nov. 218/2 If you press a newly printed paper upon glass, you may leave a picture on the glass, which will be invisible, but which you can see in a strong light, and which can be transferred precisely as is done in the process of what is now called ‘spirit photography’. 1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 29/1 The facts of spiritualism may prove spirit photography, but such apparent productions do not prove spiritualism. 2007 Your Family Tree July 41/2 The Victorian era saw the dawn of the science of photography, and this plus the vogue for Spiritualism made spirit photography popular. < as lemmas |
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