Kirlian photography is a high voltage, contact print photography.

1. Kirlian Photography

2. Semymon
Davidovitch
Kirlian
Russian inventor and
researcher
 In 1939, while repairing medical
equipment used in d’Arsonval
electrotherapy, Kirlian discovered
that the electrical discharge
between a vitrified electrode and
particles of human skin changed
color.
 Trying to discover the cause of this,
he photographed the electric charge
without the use of a conventional
camera, that is, exposing the film
directly to the current.
 This experiment led to the invention
of a system of high-frequency
electrical photography.

3. Corona
discharge
 In electricity, a corona discharge is an electrical discharge
brought on by the ionization of a fluid surrounding a
conductor that is electrically energized.
 It is often seen as a bluish (or other color) glow in the air
adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high
voltages.

4. Corona discharge on
insulator string of a
500 kV overhead
power line.
Corona discharges
represent a
significant power loss
for electric utilities.

5. Introduction
 Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques
used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal
discharges.
 Variously known as
Electrography
Electrophotography
Corona Discharge Photography (CDP)
Bioelectrography
Gas DischargeVisualization (GDV)
Electro Photonic Imaging (EPI)
Kirlianography in Russian literature.
 Kirlian photography has been the subject of mainstream
scientific research, para-psychology research and art.

6. Timeline
 In 1889, Czech B. Navratil coined the word "electrography“.
 in 1896, a French experimenter, H. Baravuc, created
electrographs of hands and leaves.
 In 1939, two Czechs, S. Pratt and J. Schlemmer published
photographs showing a glow around leaves.
 Russian electrical engineer Semyon Kirlian and his wife
Valentina developed Kirlian photography.
 In 1958, the Kirlians reported the results of their
experiments for the first time.
 Extensive researches were conducted in 1970s.

7. In 1899 , Nikola Tesla
performed experiments
whiletestingout TeslaCoil
at his laboratory in
Colorado Springs showing
that a human being
exposed to high frequency
electro-magnetic fields
produced a luminous glow
that surrounded the body
like asecondskin.

8. Process
 Kirlian photography is a technique for creating contact print
photographs using high voltage.
 The process entails placing sheet photographic film on top
of a metal discharge plate.
 The object to be photographed is then placed directly on top
of the film.
 High voltage is momentarily applied to the metal plate, thus
creating an exposure.
 The corona discharge between the object and the high
voltage plate is captured by the film.
 The developed film results in a Kirlian photograph of the
object.

9. Typical Kirlian photography setup (cross section)

10. ColorVariation
 Color photographic film is calibrated to faithfully
produce colors when exposed to normal light.
 Corona discharges can interact with minute variations
in the different layers of dye used in the film.
 They result in a wide variety of colors depending on the
local intensity of the discharge.
 Film and digital imaging techniques also record light
produced by photons emitted during corona discharge

11. Grounding
 Photographs of inanimate objects such as a coins, keys
and leaves can be made more effectively by grounding
the object to the earth, a cold water pipe or to the
opposite (polarity) side of the high voltage source.
 Grounding the object creates a stronger corona
discharge.

12. Grounding
methods for
taking Kirlian
Photographs

13. Kirlian photo of a Coleus leaf Kirlian photo of a Coin

14. Photography
without
camera
 Kirlian photography does not require the use of a
camera or a lens because it is a contact print process.
 It is possible to use a transparent electrode in place of
the high voltage discharge plate.
 The resulting corona discharge can be captured with a
standard camera or a video camera.

15. Myths and
Pseudoscience
 Many people claim that this
sort of photo is showing the
"life force" or "aura" of living
things.
 This is something many
pseudoscientists are using as
so they can sell these sorts
of cameras for thousands of
dollars.
 In real, it is just simple
corona and ionisation effects
that are being observed.

16. Electro-
Photon
Imaging (EPI)
 Formerly known as Gas DischargeVisualization (GDV),
 It is an advanced form of Kirlian photography
developed by Dr. Konstantin Korotkov.
 This technology produces an electric impulse, which
generates a response of the subject in the form of
electron & photon emission.

17. The glow of the photon
radiation owing to the gas
discharge generated from the
electromagnetic field is
captured by a digital camera
and processed by sophisticated
software where a report can be
generated.

18. EPI/GDV image captures
Photonic emissions
captured from a finger tip
Photonic emission
interpretation by
GDV software
Biofield analysis
based on photonic
discharge

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