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Tag: Things That Capture

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Light: Seeing Phantoms, Part 2

by LoriBrister on October 27, 2018 in Things That Capture

Etienne-Gaspard Robertson was born in Liege and, like many young men of means, he studied philosophy, art, and science at university, and for  short time, became a professor of optics…. [Continue Reading]

Le Stryge by BrassaÏ c. 1930

Light: Seeing Phantoms, Part 1

by LoriBrister on October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 in Things That Capture

It was a dark, frozen night in January 1799. One by one, men, women, and children filed inside an abandoned convent on the Right Bank, stepping over the threshold with… [Continue Reading]

1925 Solar Eclipse by Frederick W. Goetz

Introduction: Light and Shadow

by LoriBrister on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 in Things That Capture

On August 18, 2017, I stood outside, like millions of other Americans from Oregon to South Carolina, put on glasses made of paper and thin foil, and stared into the… [Continue Reading]

Bateaux Quittant le Port du Havre

by LoriBrister on May 8, 2014October 29, 2017 in Photography, Things That Capture

Gustave Le Gray is undoubtedly one of the most important photographers of the  nineteenth century. Born outside of Paris in 1820, his early training was in painting; therefore, it’s not… [Continue Reading]

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Illustration from Marion's The Wonders of Optics
Phantasmagoria illustration
Le Stryge by BrassaÏ c. 1930
1925 Solar Eclipse by Frederick W. Goetz
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