Photography and death
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R020548 Ned. Fotomuseum $T LINKMAN.A 2011
TitlePhotography and death
Author
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherReaktion
Year of publication2011
Pagination213 p.
IllustrationsZwart-Wit en kleur
Dimensions22 x 19 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
Series titleExposures
ISBN186189791X9781861897916
External document
http://fotomuseum.adlibhosting.com/texts/020548_Audrey_Linkman_2011_Photography_and_Death.pdf
Bibliographic Notespb; sel. bibliography,. index;
Abstract
We cite from the COVER:
"The idea of photographing the dead is as old as photography itself. For the most part, early death photographs were commissioned and subsequently taken by relatives of the deceased and preserved in the home as part of the family collection. Though viewed by later generations as inappropriate and disturbing, photographs of this kind are today considered to have a beneficial role in bereavement therapy."
"Photography and Death reveals the beauty and significance of such images, formerly dismissed as macabre or grotesque, and places them within the context of changing cultural attitudes towards death and loss. Excluding images of death through war, violence or natural disasters, Audrey Linkman concentrates on photographs of natural deaths within the family. She identifies the range of death-related photographs that have been produced in both Europe and North America since the J840S. and charts changes in their treatment through the decades."
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"The idea of photographing the dead is as old as photography itself. For the most part, early death photographs were commissioned and subsequently taken by relatives of the deceased and preserved in the home as part of the family collection. Though viewed by later generations as inappropriate and disturbing, photographs of this kind are today considered to have a beneficial role in bereavement therapy."
"Photography and Death reveals the beauty and significance of such images, formerly dismissed as macabre or grotesque, and places them within the context of changing cultural attitudes towards death and loss. Excluding images of death through war, violence or natural disasters, Audrey Linkman concentrates on photographs of natural deaths within the family. She identifies the range of death-related photographs that have been produced in both Europe and North America since the J840S. and charts changes in their treatment through the decades."
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For facsimile view of Table of Contents please click URL
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| Copy number | R020548 |
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| Shelf mark | $T LINKMAN.A 2011 |