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Kelville Ernest Irving (6 November 1878 – 24 October 1953) was an English music director, conductor and composer, primarily remembered as a theatre musician in London between the wars, and for his key contributions to British film music as music director at Ealing Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s.
From his earliest work at Vogue to his latest series of personal work, this resulted in powerful images that invite contemplation of Penn’s acute awareness of objects and their placement. Penn frequently included elements of memento mori and selected subject matter that could, at first glance, seem unworthy of close examination, which give his images a "bite" that lingers.
Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] .
Jul 19, 2017 · By pressing subjects to execute specific poses and gestures, death photos helped the living externalize personal loss. The faces of many mourners evidence the struggle.
Jun 4, 2016 · Locks of hair cut from the dead were arranged and worn in lockets and rings, death masks were created in wax, and the images and symbols of death appeared in paintings and sculptures.
Oct 26, 2017 · As part of his scientific system of documenting crime scenes, Alphonse Bertillon developed a tripod from which dead bodies could be photographed from above. It was called the ‘God’s-eye view ...
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