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[[caption-width-right:200:The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, the TropeCodifier for the phantom caught on film.]]



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[[caption-width-right:200:The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, the TropeCodifier for the phantom caught on film.]]



* ''Literature/{{Stitches}}'':
** The strangely quiet woman who dances with several of the men in "Folk Dance" doesn't show up in any of the photographs taken by the main character, with the men appearing to be dancing with nobody.
** At the end of "The Kimono", the ghost of the main character's sister appears in the photograph of her and her daughter taken at the daughter's Shichi-Go-San ceremony, wearing the same kimono as her daughter.



* [[Creator/TanithLee Tanith Lee]]'s story "Yellow and Red": the protagonist spills alcohol on photographs of his recently-deceased [[SealedEvilInACan tomb-raiding]] uncle and his family (all of whom were plagued by ill-health) to reveal a malignant shape - yellow, with red dots for eyes - that seems to have stalked them. He becomes phobic about having his own photo taken, [[spoiler:but someone does, and he cannot resist [[HereditaryCurse pouring whisky onto it]]...]]

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* [[Creator/TanithLee Tanith Lee]]'s Creator/TanithLee's story "Yellow and Red": the protagonist spills alcohol on photographs of his recently-deceased [[SealedEvilInACan tomb-raiding]] uncle and his family (all of whom were plagued by ill-health) to reveal a malignant shape - yellow, with red dots for eyes - that seems to have stalked them. He becomes phobic about having his own photo taken, [[spoiler:but someone does, and he cannot resist [[HereditaryCurse pouring whisky onto it]]...]]
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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how one early image of a Victorian-era city street disturbed its maker (who usually ''painted'' urban scenes), because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.

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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how one early image of a Victorian-era city street disturbed its maker (who usually ''painted'' (who'd been used to ''painting'' urban scenes), because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.

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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how one early image of a Victorian-era city street disturbed its maker (who usually ''painted'' urban scenes), because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.
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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how one image of a city street disturbed its maker (who usually ''painted'' urban scenes), because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.
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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how, examining an image of a city street, one such picture disturbed its maker, who usually ''painted'' urban scenes, because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.

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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how, examining an how one image of a city street, one such picture street disturbed its maker, who maker (who usually ''painted'' urban scenes, scenes), because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.
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* Early photographers sometimes got a bit creeped out by ''their own'' photos, despite understanding the technology behind them. Anecdotes recount how, examining an image of a city street, one such picture disturbed its maker, who usually ''painted'' urban scenes, because it'd perfectly captured a small street sign which the artist himself hadn't even noticed was present.

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