Quoting from ABC Australia Wide (Episode 13) which is located at 14 minutes and 28 seconds and is available to view until 12:30 pm on Sunday 12 July 2015. -
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/australia-wide/NC1579H013S00
Reflections on Mortality
Simon Royal reporting on the Victorian tradition of collecting memento mori, using the new technology of daguerreotypes in those times. Featuring University of South Australia photography lecturer Mark Kimber who is researching the memento mori practice in the State Library of South Australia archives with photo archivist Jenny Scott, for an upcoming exhibition. Quoting from this report: “The State Library isn’t sure exactly how many post-mortem photos it has.”
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