![]() ![]() Some plates evoke a night sky, showered with comets (“Large sized pearls of voluntary psychob”) and another contains a handprint in the negative, with caterpillar-like bristles frizzing outward from all fingers (what he elsewhere calls “soul germ”). In one image, Baraduc used a Nadar photograph, which he subsequently overlaid with “psychicon” - Baraduc’s thoughts made visible. Other plates look like shimmering refractions of light on mica or quartz, which are explained as the Od “individualising itself to repair the deficient sensitive soul” and “Life-animules”. It is captioned: “the Od attracted by the state of soul of a child lamenting over a recently killed pheasant”. The lead image shows an underexposed figure surrounded by a web-like aura, which has sprouted something resembling a wing. Unfortunately - and rather beautifully - Baraduc’s printed plates are less remarkably pure, but almost remarkable for their impurity. ![]()
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