Memorial photography and Victorian post-mortem photography
are popular subjects among bloggers, especially around this time of year. It seems we can’t get enough of this
seemingly morbid and alien cultural practice.
If you’ve been living under a rock or would like more information, click
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German artist Walters Schels and writer Beate Lakotta have
resurrected the practice of post-mortem photography with their project “Noch
Mal Leben” (Life Before Death: Portraits
of the Dying). A collection of portraits
taken while the terminally ill subject was alive and again after death, the
images and text explore the experiences, hopes and fears one encounters at the
end of a life. As one subject says, “I’m
going to die! That’s all I think about,
every second when I’m on my own.”
Another subject says, “I’m surprised that I have come to terms with it
fairly easily. Now I’m lying here
waiting to die. But each day that I have
I savour, experiencing life to the full.
I never paid any attention to clouds before. Now I see everything from a totally different
perspective: every cloud outside my
window, every flower in the vase.
Suddenly everything matters.” To
see the complete collection and read the interviews, visit the exhibition
website here.
Article Submitted by:
-Jayme Catalanohttp://jaymecatalano.com
Graphic design and site creation
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