Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Information requests |
| 1 | Improving content on life stages |
| Introduction |
| 2 | Introduction to the photography of death |
| Examples |
| 3 | Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori |
| 4 | Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children |
| 5 | Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits |
| 6 | Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits |
| 7 | Cartes de visite: Memorial portraits |
| 8 | Cabinet cards: Post-mortem and memorial portraits |
| Marketing death |
| 9 | Marketing: Root's Daguerrean Gallery (1853) |
| Floral rememberances |
| 10 | Floral memorials and floral wreaths |
| Funerals |
| 11 | Funerals |
| Graveyards, cemeteries, gravestones and memorials |
| 12 | Graveyards, cemeteries, gravestones and memorials |
| Catacombs |
| 13 | Catacombs |
| Mourning clothing |
| 14 | Mourning clothing |
| Photographers |
| 15 | Sumner & Son (Northfield): The Aftermath of the Northfield Raid (1876) |
| 16 | Giorgio Sommer: The ash-covered remains from Pompeii |
| 17 | François Aubert and others: The execution of Emperor Maximilian (19 June 1867) |
| 18 | Nadar: Catacombs and subterranean Paris (1860s) |
| Reminiscences of photographing the dead |
| 19 | Ghastly Photographic Experiences (1882) |
| Spirit photography |
| 20 | Abraham Lincoln as a returning spirit |
| Death and remembrance |
| 21 | Death and remembrance during the First World War (1914-1918) |
| The dead |
| 22 | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clay, Jr. (1847) |
| 23 | John Reekie: Collecting Remains of the Dead |
| 24 | Victims of the Khodinsky Plain panic, Coronation Week, Moscow, Russia (1896) |
| 25 | Nazi suicides in Leipzig, Germany (1945) |
| 26 | Robert Wiles: Evelyn McHale after her suicide leap from the Empire State Building (1 May 1947) |
| 27 | Ronald Haeberle: The My Lai Massacre (16 March 1968) |
| 28 | Walter Schels: Life before Death |
| The dead as artistic explorations |
| 29 | Andreas Serrano: Morgue (1992) |
| 30 | Jack Burman: The Dead |
| 31 | Frank Rodick: Portraits (2012) |
