by ebrary, Inc, Linkman, Audrey
fromReaktion Books - Exposures Ser
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by ProQuest (Firm), Linkman, Audrey
fromExposures (London, England)
La idea de fotografiar a los muertos es tan antigua como la fotografía misma. En un principio, eran encargadas por los propios familiares de los fallecidos y se conservaban como parte de la colección de fotografías familiares. Consideradas como algo macabro e inapropiado durante…
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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