Faces In the Mist

Mark Macy used Polaroid cameras and a special subtle energy device to take thousands of pictures of people over a 12-year period. As the pictures developed before their eyes, strange faces would frequently emerge in the mist of the photograph emulsion. These were faces of people who were not physically present, sometimes “posing” beside the live subjects, and sometimes replacing the live, human face altogether.
He calls them “spirit faces,” and they have raised many questions: Are the faces...