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Through Anima Press, clients are invited into a contemplative photographic practice centered on memory, presence, and ongoing connection. The Spirit Photography Program offers both commissioned works and participatory workshops, creating space to engage with images of loved ones—those absent or in transition—in an expressive and intimate way.

At its core is the Spirit Photo: a custom portrait layered with elements from the natural world—light, water, sky, and texture—woven with an image of a loved one.

The workshop invites participants to create and print their own spirit photographs using techniques grounded in the often-overlooked historic practice of spirit photography, including double exposure, intentional camera movement, and reflection. 

The experience closes with an optional space for reflection, where participants may share their images, speak about their process, or engage in quiet writing or titling. Rooted in a broader lineage of artistic and spiritual inquiry, the Spirit Photography Program honors the enduring human impulse to remain in relationship, offering a gentle and expansive way of working with images as a creative and relational act, holding presence without needing to define it.

melissa@melissa-knowles.com

(914) 483-7207

© 2026 by Melissa Blythe Knowles

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