Pepper's Ghost

PEPPER’S GHOST

The classic optical effect originated in 1862 by English scientist John Henry Pepper has endured in popularity well into the social media age, with a whole new generation of would-be filmmakers trying their hand at the illusion on a smaller scale, creating ghostly moving images with just a few simple household materials.

An apparition conjured through glass, light, and theatrical trickery: pale white musk, translucent amber, frankincense smoke, dusty velvet curtains, and the cold sheen of polished glass.