Photography and death / Audrey Linkman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linkman, Audrey.

Series:

Exposures (London, England)

Exposures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmortem photography--Europe.

Postmortem photography.

Postmortem photography--North America.

Postmortem photography--Europe--History.

Postmortem photography--North America--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 photographs are considered to have a beneficial role in bereavement therapy. Photography and Death reveals the beauty and significance of such images, formerly dismissed as disturbing or grotesque, and places them within the context of changing cultural attitudes towards death and

Contents:

Photography and Death Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Foreword; 1. Photographing the Dead; 2. Mourning the Dead; 3. Exhibiting the Dead; Postscript; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613589040

9781280493812

128049381X

9781780230122

1780230125

OCLC:

775302653