Hella Hammid

Hella Hammid (15 July 1921 in Germany - died 1 May 1992 in Los Angeles) was a German-American photographer whose career included teaching at UCLA. Her freelance photographs appeared in diverse publications including Life, Ebony, The Sun and The New York Times, as well as in numerous books, such as The Family of Man.

Hammid was also a remote viewer who worked with Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff at SRI International doing work for the CIA.

She also worked with Stephan A. Schwartz on The Alexandria Project, considered to be psychic archaeology.

Hammid participated in the first Gateway Voyage program offered by Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute, that was held at the Esalen Institute at Big Sur in 1973.