Sleeping Beauty III: Memorial Photography: The Children by Stanley B. Burns, MD (2010) Hardcover

Sleeping Beauty III Memorial Photography: The Children enhances the history of postmortem photography and is intended as a reference for bereavement organizations, photographers, hospital staff and parents engaged in renewing the practice of memorial photography. This compilation of over 125 photographs documents images from photography’s earliest era (1840s) up to the present. The historic images are classic representations of American and European memorial cultural traditions. The modern photographs document contemporary practices of bereavement and memorialization. Case Bound Format: 6 x 6 3/4 in 136 pages, 130 Illustrations In four color