Many of us have in our possession or have seen old photos of an ancestor lying in a coffin, and many have thought this photographing the dead a very macabre practice. But it does have a long and respectable tradition. In her article, "
Memento mori: Funeral Photography," Judy Rosella Edwards examines the history and uses of funeral photography.
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