ghost face
Is it dust or is it face? Someone emailed me about a face he/she saw in my photos. The two photos (#1 & #2 below) were both taken from the 2nd floor in the Hakodate City Museum of Photographic History. Since both photo were taken from the same place, and the face appeared in the same shape on both photos, so they must be painted on the wall (for some unknown reason). Later, when I sorted through my photos, I found photo #3. Photo #3 has a face on the floor this time. And since it wasn't taken too far from #1 and #2 so I guessed they could be some special local custom to paint these kind of faces on the walls and floors (for protection from evil?). I just found it funny to see these faces. Those photos were taken from the Hakodate Gallery, all the 3 photos were taken between 5:00pm and 7:00pm on 2006/10/31. There were all geocoded (my GPS ran out of memory so some photos were manually geocoded).
This picture shows the antique cameras on the second floor. There is also a stereoscope with photos taken at the beginning of the century.
Exhibition on the first floor is free, the second floor cost 200Y for entry.
* ghost face photo 1 * As you can see, there is a face on the wall behind the three cameras. I am not sure what it means. It looks like some kind of stain. Or perhaps it was a local custom to paint face on the wall (for protection against the evil)?
* ghost face photo 2 * I took another picture in the same location. The face was still here, so I think it has nothing to do with anything super natural. I didn't notice the face when I took the picture, so I think it's probably not very visible for the naked eyes.
* ghost face photo 3 * Now this picture is interesting. I found this "face" myself. It's on the floor beneath the first light. Maybe it is just my imagination, other people may not consider this as a face. It has a white color on it, so it may be just a reflection. Anyway, I just think it's kind of interesting.
This picture was taken in another building, a couple minutes away from the "Hakodate photographic museum". I was the only one on the second floor of the building at that time. There were two staffs at the entrance of the building downstairs.