Eusapia Palladino and her phenomena
A 1909 New York study by Hereward Carrington of the medium Eusapia Palladino and the phenomena staged around her, illustrated with photographs of séance sittings for an audience of readers interested in spiritualism. The images are rotated grey halftone snapshots of seated sitters at tables and chairs in plain domestic rooms, and a designer might take their candid, documentary staging and dim interior lighting as a reference for unposed period portraiture.
