Haunted Air Ossian Brown Jonathan Cape Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Photography

A Collection Of Anonymous Hallowe\ En Photographs From America C 1875 - 1955The Roots Lie In The Ancient Pre-Christian Celtic Festival Samhain Feast To Mark Death Old Year And Birth New It Was Believed That On This Night Veil Separating Worlds Living Dead Grew Thin Ruptured Allowing Spirits Pass Through Walk Unseen But Not Unheard Amongst Men Advent Christianity Saw Pagan Subsumed All Souls\ Day When Across Europe Were Mourned Venerated Children Poor Often Masked Or Outlandish Costume Wandered Begging \ Soul Cakes\ Exchange For Prayers Fires Burned Keep Malevolent Phantoms At Bay Haunted Air Provide An Extraordinary Glimpse Into Traditions Macabre Ages Past Form Important Document Photographic History These Are Pictures Dead: Family Portraits Mementos Treasured Now Unrecognisable Other Torn Album Pages Sold Piecemeal Pennies Scattered Abandoned Melancholy Chance Hands Strangers Σελίδες: 216 Διαστάσεις: 20 1X20 1Cm