About Édouard Isidore Buguet
Lived 1840 – 1890 (aged 50). Édouard Isidore Buguet was a French photographer.
Spirit photography hoaxer Édouard Isidore Buguet (1840–1901) of France fakes telekinesis in this 1875 cabinet card photograph titled Fluidic Effect.
Édouard Isidore Buguet (; 1840–1901) was a French medium and spirit photographer.
Buguet became a "sensation" among spiritualists during the early 1870s. He was even loaned money to set up his own studio. In June 1875, a police sting operation in Paris discovered that Buguet's photographic plates had pre-exposed images on them. After the exposure, Buguet admitted in court that his photographs were fraudulent. He was convicted and served a year jail time. According to the magician Harry Houdini, the police discovered figures and doll heads at Buguet's studio. He had used these as his "spirit" extras. Houdini noted that although Buguet was exposed as a fraud and he had confessed, some spiritualists still insisted his spirit photographs were genuine. After Buguet was exposed later in the same year, Moses insisted that Buguet was still a genuine medium and he had been bribed to make a false confession. The case has been cited by researchers as an example of spiritualists willing to believe and refusing to accept evidence of fraud.
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Who was Édouard Isidore Buguet?
French photographer
When was Édouard Isidore Buguet born?
Édouard Isidore Buguet was born on 13 July 1840 in Saint-Mard-de-Réno.
When did Édouard Isidore Buguet die?
Édouard Isidore Buguet died on 29 October 1890 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
What was Édouard Isidore Buguet's occupation?
Édouard Isidore Buguet was a photographer.
What nationality was Édouard Isidore Buguet?
Édouard Isidore Buguet was French.
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