Spiritism and common sense
Spiritism and Common Sense is a 1922 New York book published by P.J. Kenedy & Sons, written by Carlos María de Heredia, a Catholic-leaning critic of spiritualism aimed at general readers. Its photographs are dim, sepia-toned halftones of staged séance-style scenes: a cleric seated beside a swirling ghostly face, a levitating body above a stage, a translucent figure hovering over a seated priest, and a man displaying a torn paper. A designer could take the smoky, vignetted lighting and the stark black backgrounds as a model for atmospheric period photography.
