The Carvin Rinehart Photographic Deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 08 Dec 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

jlbvt	08 Dec 2002
You must look at this deck- it is the first photographic deck that I would actually like to own. I really like the style. The only thing I don't like is the Pregnant woman for the Empress, and a male figure for the universe. It just doesn't seem right... What do you think? http://www.earlham.edu/~rinehca/galpage/gallerylist.htm Go to the site and click on Tarot Gallery. Then use the arrows to flip through the images. It is still unfinished.

jmd	09 Dec 2002
It certainly is a very well and carefully executed deck - but it still remains, for me, a photographic deck clearly depicting individuals... I just don't think photographs will make it to what I consider close enough to the fundamentals of Tarot... though I'm sure others have differing opinion :) Thanks for the link.

Laurel	10 Dec 2002
I'd rather have some of these prints up on the wall of a "reading room" to inspire myself and sitters than use them in a deck or integrate them into personal meditation. Excellent photographic work. Laurel

jlbvt	11 Dec 2002
Maybe I'm partial to this deck because I love portrait photography- but I can see where the creator is basing his photos on accepted meanings of the cards. They are fairly obvious to me. The problem, though, is that they only show ONE meaning, and they lack any symbols.

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