Beyond the Dark Veil

Posted on 09 December 2017 by Sue Henger

Beyond the Dark Veil Post Mortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive is a compilation of than 120 extraordinary and haunting photographs and related ephemera documenting the practice of death and mourning photography in the Victorian Era and early twentieth century Supplemented with original newspaper articles, clippings, funeral notices, memorial ephemera and , the collection will take us on a journey through a fascinating, moving, and melancholically beautiful part of our past The images in Beyond the Dark Veil speak to us they speak of love, loss, lives cut short, brave final hours, shattered families, and the depths of the human spirit Contains 194 images of hand colored photographs, albumen prints, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte de viste, daguerreotypes, gelatin silver prints, opaltypes, real photo postcards, stereoviews, tintypes, and supplementary articles and related ephemera Contributors include Adam Arenson I, Jacqueline Ann Bunge Barger, Alex Jackson, Bess Lovejoy, Marion Peck, Joanna Roche, and Joe Smoke ABOUT THE ARCHIVE Located in Woodinville, Washington, The Thanatos Archive houses an extensive collection of early post mortem, memorial, and mourning photographs dating as far back as the 1840s The online version of the archive, hosted at Thanatos.net since 2002, offers a searchable database of over 2,300 scanned images, with scans of new acquisitions being added on a regular basis In addition to the main online archive, hundreds of additional images and material can be found in the community discussion forum, including hi resolution enlargements, genealogical information, and. Best Download Beyond the Dark Veil by Sue Henger For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr What an absolutely beautiful book Thanatos Archive put together The pictures are almost other worldly, as if I m immersed in a dream Indeed, I couldn t put the book down not only because of how wonderfully composed the book was but also of how and why the pictures were taken The book is organized as follows Deathbed pre mortemChildren FamilyAdultsCrime Murder TragedyEphemera MourningPetsThere were also a few essays that explored the history of post mortem ph...I have been on a wait list for 1 year for this book, and it finally came.yes, it is a strange topic, but well presented with care and respect I got to attend a exhibit of original photographs, at greenfield Village, next to the Henry Ford Museum a decade ago I realize I had seen these pictures, as a child attending flea markets, just never thought they were dead, just odd looking Everyone, on old photos looks so stoic.I took 1 star off due the the color, size, and type of font used, under the I have been on a wait list for 1 year for this book, and it finally came.yes, it is a strange topic, but well presented with care and respect I got to attend a exhibit of original photographs, at greenfield Village, next to the Henry Ford Museum a decade ago I realize I had seen these pi...Ein unfassbar sch nes Buch, welches ich heute erst aus dem Briefkasten zog.Easily a 5 5 book I ve always loved post mortem photography and think it s a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one The children section was very difficult for me to look thru and I felt immense sadness looking at each photo There were so many amazing photos in the book but two specifically stood out to me Page 93 took my breath away, a small stunning little girl, blonde ringlets, perfect face, bruised and bloody And page 132 broke my heart Jealous wife, unfaithful husband and innoc Easily a 5 5 book I ve always loved post mortem photography and think it s a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one The children section was very difficult for me to look thru and I felt immense sadness looking at each photo There were so many amazing photos in the book but two specifically stood out to ...Una belleza de libro para pensar sobre lo ef mero de nuestras vidas vidas.Que chulada de libro 3I kickstarted this book because I am excited by the work of the Thanatos Archive The photos here are carefully chosen to make the people in the past seem so real, like someone you know and would mourn as intensely as these must have been It s a truly lovely, thought provoking collection.I knocked one star off for the design of the book, however While the glossy black pages do emphasize the photographs, the teeny italicized font that captions them is practically unreadable except in very stron I kickstarted this book because I am excited by the work of the Thanatos Archive The photos here are carefully chosen to make the people in the past seem so real, like someone you know and would mourn as intensely as these must have been It s a truly lovely, thought provoking collection.I knocked one star off for the design of the book, however While the glossy black pages do emphasize the photographs, the teeny italicized font that captions them is practically unreadable except in very strong light which sort of undercuts the mood of the images, if you see what I mean Even the text of the few, short essays is miniscule This is the first time I ve read a book with a magnifying glass in hand.The essays span from useful Adam Arenson s summation of Death in the 19th Century and Bess Lovejoy s Mourning as M...Simply lovely.This book was beautifully written and nice to look at I was somewhat disappointed to see the same photograph used inthan one place to demonstrate a specific theme in mourning photography or practice, and I agree that the font size for photo captions was a tad small.Other than those minor complaints, the book is beautifully done with a great attention to detail and appreciation of subject matter Even the book design itself was created to resemble the artistic flourishes that Simply lovely.This book was beautifully written and nice to look at I was somewhat disappointed to see the same photograph used inthan one place to demonstrate a specific theme in mourning photography or practice, and I agree that the font size for photo cap...This book was a tie in with a 2013 exhibition of Victorian post mortem photography To our eyes the Victorian obsession with death can seem very morbid when compared to today srelaxed attitudes The cult of mounring in the 19th century was instituted by Queen Victoria after the death of her beloved Albert and continued until her death It finally ceased with the mass carnage of the First World War when often there wasn t a body to bring home to bury as they often lay in a foreign land Al This book was a tie in with a 2013 exhibition of Victorian post mortem photography To our eyes the Victorian obsession with death can seem very morbid when compared to today srelaxed attitudes The cult of mounring in the 19th century was instituted by Queen Victoria after the death of her beloved Albert and continued until her death It finally ceased with the mass carnage of the First World War when often there wasn t a body to bring home to bury as they often lay in a foreign land Also the mass wearing of black was deemed unpatriotic But we don t live with death a closely as the Victorians did One of thedisturbing facts that I learned from this book was that a chi...It s a lovely little book, beautifully conceived and executed Gorgeously bound, its high quality pages contain some stunning reproductions and an informative overview of death photography, perfect for those with general interests but easily appreciated by those invested in its collection and research With the publishing of Beyond The Dark Veil, I hoped that ...

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09 December 2017

Sue Henger