Ted Serios: The Mind's Eye

Ted Serios (1918–2006) attempted to transfer mental images to Polaroid film in the 1960s, producing over 1,000 anomalous photographs. Serios: The Minds Eye explores the reaches and restraints of belief and the multiple dimensions at play in the phenomenon, including interpersonal relationships, scientific methods, photographic technologies, state militaristic operations, and popular culture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 24 October 2023
Publisher: Atelier Editions

Ted Serios (1918-2006) was a Chicago bellhop who attempted to transfer mental images to Polaroid film in the 1960s. He demonstrated an ostensibly psychic act termed "thoughtography," involving the transfer of mental images onto undeveloped Polaroid film. In studies supervised by respected Denver-based psychiatrist Dr. Jule Eisenbud, Serios produced over 1,000 anomalous photographs, a feat that has never been fully dismissed or wholly verified. The details of the Serios phenomenon cannot be disentangled without questioning the social conditions that produced it in the first place. Ted Serios: The Minds Eye considers the reaches and restraints of belief and explores the multiple dimensions at play in the Serios phenomenon, including interpersonal relationships, scientific methods, photographic technologies, state militaristic operations, and popular culture. Rather than seeking absolute truth, the volume allows the reader to arrive at their own conclusions through a series of thematic essays, narrative photographic stories, select ephemera, and contemporary cultural artifacts.

Weight: 662g
Dimension: 209 x 256 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954957039