Semyon Kirlian
Open main menu Search Kirlian photography Language Watch Edit "Electrography" redirects here. For other uses, see Electrography (disambiguation) . Kirlian photograph of two coins Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges . It is named after Semyon Kirlian , who, in 1939, accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a high-voltage source, an image is produced on the photographic plate. [1] The technique has been variously known as "electrography", [2] "electrophotography", [3] "corona discharge photography" (CDP), [4] "bioelectrography", [5] "gas discharge visualization (GDV)", [6] "electrophotonic imaging (EPI)", [7] and, in Russian literature, "Kirlianography". Kirlian photography has been the subject of scientific research, parapsychology research and art. Paranormal cla