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Man looking up at an illuminated spirit
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Title:
Man looking up at an illuminated spirit
NFSA ID
1003942
Year
1870
In this glass slide, a man looks up to his right at an illuminated spirit.
Many spirit images seem to be of people partially covered in robes that are superimposed into the image. The 'spirit' in this image looks very much like it was created from a pre-existing photograph, suggesting that the female spirit was perhaps someone known to the sitter.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.