Woman with two boys and a female spirit

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Creator: William Hope (1863 - 1933)
Date: c. 1920
Collection: National Media Museum Collection
Inventory no: 2002-5054/17/1
Blog: G is for ghosts... the birth and rise of spirit photography

A woman's face - draped in a transparent cloak - appears over the group.

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  1. patrick831 42 months ago | reply

    double exposures are dope as hell.

  2. Elly MacKay 41 months ago | reply

    oh I love this

  3. athan902 40 months ago | reply

    @ JustinMark2398Lim

    The image makes your "balahibo tayu-tayo" hehe... well that's what we call "goosebumps"

  4. snowypictures 40 months ago | reply

    and a big banana

  5. Dns. 40 months ago | reply

    BuHhhhhhhhhhhhhh""""""""

  6. Paige Mosier [deleted] 39 months ago | reply

    no way is this for real?

  7. rizaclimb 39 months ago | reply

    devil....hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  8. photosuwant 38 months ago | reply

    The same "spirit" is used in another photograph in the collection.

  9. f i f i i . 38 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called alternatif fotograf grubu, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  10. kasmoTsky 37 months ago | reply

    great capture! amazing!

  11. Sylvie! [deleted] 34 months ago | reply

    magnificent!

  12. in2food 33 months ago | reply

    Photoshop.....

  13. Necchan 30 months ago | reply

    Omg, this is so scary ... :s

  14. rommi83368 29 months ago | reply

    I think it's double-exposure, that's all.

  15. gemelli artwork [deleted] 28 months ago | reply

    More likely the ghost is an illustration!

  16. georgetaranga 24 months ago | reply

    this is a perfect picture

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