Photography

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 25 Apr 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Vengeful Buddah	25 Apr 2003
Does anyone know if any decks are availible for purchase that use ONLY photography? Preferably black and white. Most of the decks I see are either airbrushed or pastels or just plain garish. Any help would be great.

galadrial	25 Apr 2003
This site: www.lelandra.com/comptarot/tarotphoto.htm has some photographic decks. The Mountain Dream deck is very hard to get now, but the Healing Tarot, though not black and white, is well thought of by many. I like the Vertigo deck a lot, but it does help to be familiar with at least some of the works the cards are based on (like Neil Gaiman's "Sandman"). Hope you find a deck you like:-)

HudsonGray	26 Apr 2003
The Healing Tarot was a limited edition of 1,000 and is sold out according to Tarot Garden, but you can see some of the pictures over here: http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?search_type=blob&pageenter=0 It's possible they can locate a deck yet, or there might be one on ebay. I know I've heard of at least one other photography deck that was in black and white outside of the Mountain Dream, I'll see if I can find it.

HudsonGray	26 Apr 2003
Aha! Found some! http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?search_type=blob&pageenter=0 Use the search box & type in the following decks. Major arcana only, but there's this one: 22 Ames Drapees Tatouees, still in stock. The Mountain Dream Tarot - first edition was sold out, but a second edition (with minor changes) is still available (they printed 1,000 copies for the second). The Mexican Tarot - black & white, majors only http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/tarot/ellocoen.html The Vision Tarot ($16) http://www.wicce.com/vision.jpg The New York Tarot is sold out, they had 500 copies only. Bob's Tarot Deck Number 14 http://www.tarotpassages.com/bobsdeck.htm Full Moon Dreams Tarot - in color http://www.lunaea.com/tarot/ Dames de Coeur (that one is on the Tarot Garden database). 78 cards, from France. And of course there's Major Tom's deck There's still another one....it was done by a pagan artist but I can't find it yet.

Vengeful Buddah	26 Apr 2003
Many thanks.

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