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Mar 21, 2018 · Peter Madsen murder trial: inventor texted 'hugs to the cats' minutes after Kim Wall's death. Danish inventor Peter Madsen has told how he texted his ex-wife 20 minutes after Swedish journalist ...
- Why Did People Take Post-Mortem Photos?
- The Creation of Post-Mortem Photos
- Beyond Victorian Death Photos: Masks, Mourning, and Memento Mori
- Fake Victorian Post-Mortem Photos
In the first half of the 19th century, photography was a new and exciting medium. So the masses wanted to capture life's biggest momentson film. Sadly, one of the most common moments captured was death. Due to the high mortality rates, most people couldn't expect to live past their 40s. And when disease spread, infants and children were especially ...
Photographing dead people may seem like a ghastly task. But in the 19th century, deceased subjects were often easier to capture on film than living ones — because they weren't able to move. Due to the slow shutter speed of early cameras, subjects had to remain still to create crisp images. When people visited studios, photographers would sometimes ...
People in the Victorian era mourned deeply after the death of a loved one — and this mourning certainly wasn't limited to photos. It was common for widows to wear black for years after their husbands died. Some even clipped hair from their dead loved ones and preserved the locks in jewelry. As if that wasn't dark enough, Victorians often surrounded...
Today, some Victorian death photos shared online are actually fakes— or they're photographs of the living mistaken for the dead. Take, for example, a commonly shared image of a man reclining in a chair. "The photographer posed a dead person with his arm supporting the head," many captions claim. But the photograph in question is a picture of the au...
Jun 4, 2016 · The advent of snapshots sounded the death knell for the art - as most families would have photographs taken in life. Now, these images of men, women and children stoically containing their grief ...
Jul 16, 2017 · Here are the 11 most chilling crime scene photos of celebrities. 1. Marvin Gaye: A Music Legend Killed By His Father. Marvin Gaye Passed Away At His Fathers Hands. Marvin Gaye was a much loved if drug-haunted musician and helped shape the Motown music scene in the 60s to the extent that he was often called The Prince of Motown or the Prince of ...
Nov 21, 2023 · This heart-wrenching collection of death pics are the final images taken of people’s loved ones before they passed away. Some of the deaths were expected, like in the case of long-term illnesses such as cancer or brain tumors. Other deaths, like those from a car accident, caught their family and friends by surprise.
Nov 18, 2020 · 'Goodbye 50s, you were good to me!' Eighties icon Kim Wilde marks turning 60 with stunning make-up free selfie. By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline. Published: 07:26 EDT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 07 ...
For many today, the Victorian tradition of post-mortem photography may seem like a gruesome and unsettling gothic custom. But for our ancestors who lived during those times, it was a commonly accepted practice, done with love, dignity and respect. It also afforded years of lasting personal memories.
