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We Outside' is a rich body of work that challenges stereotypes with tenderness. At the Immigration Museum until 17 August.
Trends are like a tide: they come and go,” Richardson, whose eponymous gallery is celebrating its 30th anniversary this ...
‘Superman’ star Nathan Fillion staunchly defends his character’s extreme hairstyle: ‘I was team bowl cut the whole way’ The ...
This exhibition shows off the glitz and glamour of the period while presenting a subtler message about the role of royalty in ...
Spirit The genre of spirit photography—which used photographic tricks to insert ghostly figures among the living—emerged during the nineteenth century from the Victorian obsession with death, séances, ...
‘A Christmas Carol’ Marvelously Captured the Holiday’s Victorian Spirit and Inspired New Traditions for Centuries to Come Published on this day in 1843, at a time when Christmas was ...
A new exhibition of photographs is going on display in Plymouth inspired by Devon folklore and using a technique from the Victorian era. Magic Mirror asked participants to share their creativity ...
Meet William Mumler, the amateur chemist who stumbled into spirit photography and pioneered an entire industry, in this edition of Eureka.
A clever viewer would delight in puzzling through these playful layers of stereoscopic magic. There were, of course, also Victorian photographers who purported to capture actual ghosts. They sometimes ...
Get in the Halloween spirit at the Verona Public Library. Learn about the unusual history of both post-mortem and spirit photography this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in “Immortal Images: An Exploration of ...
In the 19th century, Victorian photographers turned accidental ghost images into popular amusement, using tricks like double exposure and stereoscopes to create spooky, collectible illusions.