Sleeping beauty II: grief, bereavement and the family in memorial photography, American & European traditions

A volume of mostly vintage postmortem photographs, expanding on the 1991 volume, Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America. Photographs from 15 countries, ranging from the earliest daguerreotypes to present-day color snapshots, show that since the invention of photography survivors have sough...

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Other Authors: Burns, Stanley B. 1938- (Editor), Burns, Elizabeth A. 1950- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Burns Archive Press 2002
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:A volume of mostly vintage postmortem photographs, expanding on the 1991 volume, Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America. Photographs from 15 countries, ranging from the earliest daguerreotypes to present-day color snapshots, show that since the invention of photography survivors have sought to fix their memory of deceased loved ones. These disturbing and strangely beautiful images depict children and adults, famous people and those buried en masse, as well as advertising photographs for a mortuary, a World War I German grave marker, and an Afghan hound in its satin-lined casket
Item Description:Created to complement the exhibition "Le Dernier Portrait" at the Musée d'Orsay
Supplements the original Sleeping beauty
Added title page, captions, contents, and preface in French
Includes 134 p. of photographs
Limited to 5000 copies
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) Illustrationen 32 cm
ISBN:9780961295837
096129583X

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