Shroud Wars: Panel Review (Part 9)- The Proto-Photo & Shadow Hypotheses

Shroud skeptic Hugh Farey joins me to discuss Nicholas Allen's Proto-Photo and Nathan D. Wilson's Shadow image-forming hypotheses. While, Hugh is a Shroud skeptic regarding the Shroud in general, nevertheless he takes a "Pro-Shroud" position with respect to the validity of these two Shroud skeptical mechanisms. Finally, we also briefly discuss Picknett and Prince's absurd …

Evaluating the “Proto-Photo” Hypothesis (with SJ Thomason)

Fellow apologist, SJ Thomason, has invited me on to her show to do a series on the evidence for the Shroud of Turin. In this first installment, I explain my Minimal Relevant Features approach and how I apply that to evaluating Nicholas Allen's "Proto-Photo" hypothesis for explaining the formation of the Shroud's images. YouTube Video …

Shroud Wars: Barrie Schwortz is Back! (Part 2)- What We Know For Sure About the Shroud Images

Barrie Schwortz is Back! Again! In this episode, I'm joined by Barrie Schwortz, a world-renowned expert on the Shroud of Turin and the official STURP photographer back in 1978. In this Part 2 show, Barrie presents to us what we know for sure about the Shroud from the STURP investigaiton and more specifically, he address …

Shroud Solo Show (Part 11)- Sunlight-Based Hypotheses (Proto-Photo, Shadow & Solar Reflex Models) + Bonus Part 11B on Boiling and Painting Emulsion Methods

In Part 11, I continue my analysis of the various "Ordinary Artistic" image-forming mechanisms/hypotheses, specifically focusing on hypotheses based on the involvement of sunlight as the image-encoding mechanism.  There are three fundamental types of such hypotheses; i) The Medieval Proto-Photograph (Proto-Photo) models (Picknett & Prince and Nicholas Allen), ii) Nathan D. Wilson's "Shadow" model and …