Post mortem photo

This site exists to discredit the idea of the Victorian standing post mortem photo. Post mortem photos do exist, but none of them are stand alone.

After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they've chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of expensive and not so lifelike paintings. Painting dead people was common for centuries, so it's no surprise that, in the Victorian Era, post-mortem photos also came into…

The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission...

Shocking Post Mortem Photos Of Famous People

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This site exists to discredit the idea of the Victorian standing post mortem photo. Post mortem photos do exist, but none of them are stand alone.

Na época vitoriana, as famílias abastadas fotografavam os mortos quando faziam o luto. Mórbido Talvez, mas era a única recordação numa época com mortalidade elevada. Veja 32 imagens aqui.

Rare post-mortem photographs taken during the Civil War. Excludes images taken during executions, the aftermath of battles, burials, and exhumations. Sources: Confederate…

Despite the current ubiquity of cameras, we rarely pause in our flurry of social media sharing to document one of the most significant events in all our lives: death.