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I suppose many individuals wish to cling to the departed. We save a single memento that the departed cherished...a tool, a woven tablecloth, a book, a toy...and even a photograph. Post-mortem photographs were once quite popular and frankly somewhat morbid. It is rarely done now.
See Dan Meinwald's MEMENTO MORI: DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA
Post-mortem photography [Wikipedia]
1 comment:
a blessing it is no longer in vogue
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