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Photography and death
by ProQuest (Firm), Linkman, Audrey
fromExposures (London, England)
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Type: Book
Annotation This title reveals the beauty, meaning and significance of images once dismissed as disturbing, perverted or grotesque. The book identifies the range of death-related photographs produced in both Europe and North America, and charts changes in their stylistic treatmen…
This title reveals the beauty, meaning and significance of images once dismissed as disturbing, perverted or grotesque. The book identifies the range of death-related photographs produced in both Europe and North America, and charts changes in their stylistic treatment through t…
"The idea of photographing the dead is as old as photography itself. For the most part, early death photographs were commissioned or taken by relatives of the deceased and preserved in the home as part of the family collection. Once thought inappropriate and macabre, today these…
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Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in cel…
"Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in ce…