Post-mortem Photography
Post-mortem photography is often difficult for modern-day audiences to understand. Why would anyone want a photograph memorializing their deceased loved one while he or she is propped up on chair or lying on their deathbed? Like many other historical artifacts, understanding these photos requires an understanding of the surrounding culture, context and era...
Victorian Photographs
Victorian photographs and post-mortem photography sort of go hand-in-hand. With the invention of the daguerreotype, photography became faster, easier and more affordable. Memories, it seemed, could finally be preserved outside of one's own imagination...
