Post mortem photo

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

The community on Russian social media site VI, called 'Selfie with the Deceased', pledge to pay between 1,000 and 5,000 roubles (£10-£50) for the best selfie with a corpse.

Victorians propped up the dead, dressed in their Sunday best. The family sat and stood around them. They posed for the cameras

In Victorian England, 15-20% of children died before their first birthday. In one city, Preston, the year 1844 saw 45% of the city’s total deaths being in children under the age of 5. Many poor families were forced to bury their dead in their own backyards because graveyard space was at a premium (and still […]

After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they've chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of

ph. clarence hudson white | 1898

Does this look like a post-mortem photo? Taken in Bread and Cheese Cove in 1903, she was just an uncomfortable older lady? #genealogy #spooky #1900s #oldphotos

Post-Mortem Photography