[Birth of Ectoplasm During Séance with the Medium Eva C (Detail)]

Juliette Alexandre-Bisson

1919–20 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

This photograph shows the medium Eva Carrière (Marthe Béraud), in a trance, with witnesses assisting her in the production of a substance known as ectoplasm, which either remains shapeless or assumes the features of a human being.

Artist

Juliette Alexandre-Bisson

Date

1919–20

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2001