Picture This

Description

A card is chosen, and returned to the deck. “To tell you the truth, I’ve been doing this trick ever since I was a kid. In fact, I even have a picture of me doing it when I was 7 years old.” The magician introduces a small stack of color photos, on top of which is a picture of a child dressed in full magician’s garb. He is holding a fan of cards. The photo is initialed on the face by a spectator, then removed from the stack. The spectator is asked to give it a shake, then turns it around, whereupon all the cards are seen to have fallen to the floor, except for one, which remains in the child’s hand – na