A round image of a woman holding a camera and gazing at a small, apparently glass ball floating in the air a few feet (1 meter) in front of her. She sits to the left and is clothed in a loose, diaphanous gown. She holds an early folding camera that is aimed at the glass ball.

Anne Brigman. The Spirit of Photography. 1908. Silver gelatin print mounted on paper. Print: 18 cm diameter. Library of Congress and other locations.

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