Self Portraits
The first person to take a selfie
Robert Cornelius
The time period in which PM photography was popular
The Victorian Era
Typical shape of CGPs
Oval
How spirit photographs were discovered
By accident / someone walking into the frame
The reason for early selfies
To test equipment / demonstrate their skills
The meaning of "mortem"
death
Only wealthy people could afford these
Sculptures/busts on their gravestones
Civil War spirit photographer
William Mumler
She took self-portraits dressed up as other people
Cindy Sherman
Why PM photos were taken
Not many photos / a way to remember / send to out-of-town family members
Inventors of the transferotype
Bulot and Catin
Famous widow who believed in spirit photography
Mary Todd Lincoln / Abe Lincoln's wife
The criticism of selfies
Vanity / self-centeredness
Why PM photos weren't taken in studios
Impossible to transport/set up the body
Nickname of newer CGPs with color/edits
Dedos
William Hope
WWI spirit photographer outed as a fraud
Good reasons for selfies
Document daily life / express oneself
"Remember you must die"
Memento Mori
Temperature at which pictures are baked onto the ceramic
About 1600 degrees F
What spirit photography had in common with post-mortem photography
Popular during the Victorian Era