Wednesday 11 March 2015

Photographs of the dead

In the Victorian era for some strange reason it became custom to photograph dead relatives as mementos. Usually photographs were so expensive it would be the only picture they would have in their life time. This ties in perfectly with the project! Whats says horror more than the dead??



Here are some disturbing pictures.

http://io9.com/the-strangest-tradition-of-the-victorian-era-post-mort-472772709




The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post-Mortem Photography


The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post-Mortem Photography

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