Sleeping Beauty: Grief, Bereavement and the Family in Memorial Photography
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Memorial photography was a method to deal with grief in Victorian times. People were not usually photographed in life, so their loved ones wanted a memorial: a last look.
It was a way to honor and cherish their loved ones after death, to have a lasting memory. Death from disease was common.
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