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
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 loss. Excluding images of death throug
