Archive unveiled for auction after more than 75 years reveals how photographer captured image of ghost
(Artdaily.org)

A cache of extraordinary photographs unseen in public for more than 75 years now set for auction at Ewbank’s in Surrey comes with a twist: one of the images is said to capture a ghost. Consigned by the descendants of Edward Hillsworth (1867-1941), an amateur photographer and founding member of the Basingstoke Camera Club, the archive of more than 500 photographs NR011048-7_1shows people and scenes in the south of England dating from the mid 1920s to late 1930s. Together they form a record of characters, activities and rural and coastal scenes from Essex, Kent and Surrey to Cornwall, now lost in time. But it is an image titled The Shadow of the Shade, captured at The Old Hospital, Rye – a building that is still standing to this day – which most grabs the attention. Accompanied by a short story manuscript describing the events around the picture and Hillsworth’s subsequent experiences, the atmospheric photo