An unusual academic essay, “H.P. Lovecraft, Photography, and the Transhumanist Imagination” (Fall 2022). Sadly behind a paywall at Project Muse. But it’s the lead article in the issue and, since informed essays on Lovecraft’s understanding of photography are so rare, I’m mentioning it here.

Lovecraft’s seemingly naive conception of photography as unerringly “objective” actually reflects his understanding of photography as a transhuman technology that can transform human consciousness.