Memento mori photography

Julia Stilley Lynn standing, and sister Hannah Stilley Willard. Mannsville, Oklahoma. Daughters of Alfred & Nancy Ann Stilley.

There have been all sorts of strange trends in photography throughout its vast history. Some of those trends raise the question, where would you draw the line when it comes to taking on commissioned work? Would posing and photographing the dead be considered too taboo in today's society? There were all sorts of strange practices during the Victorian Era. Memento mori

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Victorian postmortem photos did exist, no one denies that, however, they were never taken in a standing pose using a stand. It was imposs...