Kirlian Photography
In Russia during the 1930's Valentine and Semyon Kirlian explored a novel way of picture taking without any light or lenses. The images they made came to be known as "Kirlian Photographs" and were first introduced to the United States in a book called Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder.
A special device Jerry used to make his photographs included a 50,000 Volt electrical transformer, which produced electrical sparks that formed the basis of the image. He used 4” X 5” B & W and color negatives, so the objects were limited in size to 4” X 5."
Very small amounts (several microamps) pass through the film from the object. They make multi-colored images which are uniquely different from ordinary images. His purpose in making Kirlian photographs was initially to study the means by which the images were created, but eventually he used the images to create works of abstract art.
A special device Jerry used to make his photographs included a 50,000 Volt electrical transformer, which produced electrical sparks that formed the basis of the image. He used 4” X 5” B & W and color negatives, so the objects were limited in size to 4” X 5."
Very small amounts (several microamps) pass through the film from the object. They make multi-colored images which are uniquely different from ordinary images. His purpose in making Kirlian photographs was initially to study the means by which the images were created, but eventually he used the images to create works of abstract art.
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_Copyright 2012 Jerry Saxon