8/12/2019 Composition of Delawarr Camera Images
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Composition of the Camera Images In the 1950s when DelaWarr
created most of his images, science was highly skeptical of the
origin of his creations and, further, incapable, at that time,
ofdiscerning their true nature could have a proper scientific
explanation, as quantum science was still immature. Several
accusations were leveled at DelaWarr involving fraud and deceit in
the image formation process. The more typical allegations included
some type of additive to the plate, such as an artist's
pigment,dye, paint or other process like an X-ray, etching, or
chemical compound. In attempting to respond to his critics,
DelaWarr asserted that the images were not the result of any type
of human intervention but, rather, were created when some
"unidentified fundamental radiation" interacting with the
photoemulsion (a standard silver compound) applied to the surface
of the 4x5 inch glass plates he used. In order to test the validity
of DelaWarr's claims with modern knowlege andtechnologies,
experiments were conducted at The Ohio State University Microscopic
and Chemical Analysis Research Center (MARC Lab) on April 19, 2000
to determine the origin and composition of the image(s) on the
glass plates. In the first phase of the evaluation, two glass
plates from the DelaWarr archive were examinedunder a Carl Zeiss
light photoscope with 6.3 multiplier using a variety of
amplification settings. The results demonstrated that the silver
grains on the surface of the glass plate were bigger in the darker,
i.e. more heavily exposed areasof the image and, subsequently,
smaller in the lighter or less intense portionsof the image. This
is the typical response of a standard photographic materialexposed
to any light source. No added pigment, dye, stain or coloration was
noted beyond the silver particles.
Phase two of the evaluation involved scraping a sample from the
non-image section of the glass plate to determine the chemical
composition of the plate itself. The Camera SX-50 Scanning Electron
Microscope (SEM) was used for this analysis. SEM is capable of
performing quantitative chemical microanalysis of major and minor
elements in solids including glass. It is ideal for
characterization ofsurfaces or particles including thin films. The
results of this analysis (Graph1) demonstrated that the glass was a
standard silicon-based material with no unusual properties.Phase
three included scraping a sample from the image portion of the
glass plate. Using the same equipment and procedure as for the
non-image sample described above, the SEM results revealed a
standard silver-based photo emulsion as described by DelaWarr
(Graph 2). No other pigments and/or proportionately significant
chemicals were identified via the SEM analysis. The MARC Lab
concluded that the i
mages were, most likely, the result of some "high-energy
radiation" for which they could not ascertain the origin or
composition. Benford followed up this up and analyzed sample plates
with modern image analysis software, discovering that 3-D encoding
seemed to be present. After Benford's initial 1999 discovery of the
3-D spatial-encoding characteristics within the DelaWarr images,
further research involving Mitchell's profound paper, "Nature's
Mind," led her to suspect that DelaWarr was, in fact, dealing with
was the Quantum Hologram. Her introduction of this concept to
Mitchell led him to concur with this conclusion. The DelaWarr
images produce a 3-D effect, similar to thosepossible via layering
of single slices from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques
[Schempp 1998]. The VP-Image Analyzer is an analog device, while
the commercially-availableBryce4 Software is digital. Both
techniques convert image density (lights and dar
ks) into vertical relief (shadows and highlights). When using
either the VP-8 or3-D software systems, an ordinary photograph does
not result in a three-dimensional image but in a rather distorted
jumble of "shapes." X-ray images, althoughspatially superior to
routine photographs, are also characteristically distorted (see
Figure 2). Yet the images (see Figure 1A) produced by DelaWarr
yield veryaccurate and well-formed three-dimensional reliefs, as is
clearly evident in the QuantaGram of a cow's stomach (see Figure
1B). The observer can select numerousangles by which to review the
captured information as well as multiple 3-D relief patterns. Full
rotation around the organ and/or object is possible with the
digital computer software, thus permitting significantly enhanced
visual assessme
