Fantasmas que no hacen temblar: la fotografía de espectros como influjo creativo = Ghosts that don’t give you the shivers: photography of spectres as a creative influence
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So-called ghost photography, in which the
appearance of a being from a different world
or dimension (from the realm of the dead or
other variations) is supposedly captured in
the negative or on the plate, is one of the
most successful subgenres and has one of
the longest traditions in photography. We
can trace it back to almost the birth of the
medium and it has survived until the present
day. However, despite its enduring appeal, it
has not been the object of much academic
study, perhaps due to prejudice related to its
origins in popular beliefs related to magic.
Nonetheless, it is a paradigmatic example of
the idiosyncrasy of photography itself, often
regarded as a trace and, consequently, as a
ghost image. On the other hand, the spectral
subgenre has been instrumental in investigating
the ontology of photography and
stretching it to its limits, with dematerializations
of the objects presented. In this article
I will defend how this visual motif, related to
spectres in some of its variations, ended up moving into the artistic domain. Photography
manipulated with ectoplasmic material
has seduced many artists, especially those
belonging to avant-garde movements such
as surrealism, which was already by its very
nature interested in the supernatural, as well
as later artists who were also inspired by this
artistic movement