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  2. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  3. Burns Archive - Wikipedia

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    The Burns Archive is the world’s largest private collection of early medical photography and historic photographs, housing over one million photographs.While it primarily contains images related to medical practises, it is also famous for photographs depicting 'the darker side of life'. [1]

  4. Mourning portraits - Wikipedia

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    Mourning portrait of K. Horvath-Stansith, née Kiss, artist unknown, 1680s A Child of the Honigh Family on its Deathbed, by an unknown painter, 1675-1700. A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners.

  5. Monochrome photography - Wikipedia

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    Black-and-white photography is considered by some to add a more emotional touch to the subject, compared with the original colored photography. [6] Monochrome images may be produced in a number of ways. Finding and capturing a scene having only variants of a certain hue, while difficult and uncommon in practice, will result in an image that ...

  6. Forensic photography - Wikipedia

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    Common types of photography such as creative and artistic photography give a different purpose than forensic photography. Crime scene photography allows one to capture essential aspects of the crime scene, including its scope, the focal points of the scene, and any physical or material evidence found at or from a result of it. [5]

  7. Category:Black-and-white photographs - Wikipedia

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    Specific black-and-white photographs. It should not contain the images (files) themselves, nor should it contain free- or fair-use images which do not have associated articles. It should not contain the images (files) themselves, nor should it contain free- or fair-use images which do not have associated articles.

  8. Symbols of death - Wikipedia

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    Black is the color of mourning in many European cultures. Black clothing is typically worn at funerals to show mourning for the death of the person. In East Asia, white is similarly associated with mourning; it represented the purity and perfection of the deceased person's spirit. [7] Hindus similarly also wear white during mourning and funerals.

  9. Museum of Death - Wikipedia

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    Museum of Death is a museum with locations on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. [1] It was established in June 1995 by J. D. Healy and Catherine Shultz with the museum's stated goal being "to make people happy to be alive."