Photography and Death

Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in celebrity death images and forensic photography.

Examinand un spectru de imagini post-mortem, acest volum ia in considerare ceea ce comunica fotografia mortii despre atitudinile legate de moarte, doliu si viata de apoi. Concentrandu-ne pe exemple americane, subiectele sunt discutate alaturi de reprezentarile contemporane ale mortii, asa cum se vede in imaginile mortii celebritatilor si in fotografia criminalistica.