Somnambulists
Subtitle: Photographic Portraits from Before Photography
Publisher: Lewis Publishing, Dewi
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781904587569
Subjects: Masks (sculpture); Portrait photography
Description: The drive to capture true likeness in the early 19th century was partly generated by the pseudo-science of phrenology. As a by-product of this, cast collections such as those of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society have preserved these haunting likenesses. In this book, Joanna Kane's photographs capture these unique masks.