Sleeping Beauty Photography II

By Stanley Burns and Elizabeth Burns

This book is brand new, still in the shrink wrap. Please see auction 250286623509 where a USED copy sold for $139.95 on August 31.

Deals with the subject of post-mortem photography, and includes many photographs with information about each one.

Here is an editorial review I found on the internet:

From Library Journal:
The proprietor and curator of the Burns Archive, a large collection of early medical and 19th-century documentary photography in New York, Stanley Burns and his daughter, Elizabeth, have produced a sumptuous volume of beautifully reproduced postmortem photographs, expanding on his 1991 volume, Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America. Photographs from 15 countries, ranging from the earliest daguerreotypes to present-day color snapshots, show that since the invention of photography survivors have sought to fix their memory of deceased loved ones. These disturbing and strangely beautiful images depict children and adults, famous people and those buried en masse, as well as advertising photographs for a mortuary, a World War I German grave marker, and an Afghan hound in its satin-lined casket. Carrying on the tradition, Burns and his brother are photographed in 1995 with their deceased father, and some photographs depict the communal grieving that resulted from the 2001 World Trade Center bombing, capturing posters, prayer walls, and memorials. With essays and picture titles in both French and English, this book is comprehensive and unique. Highly recommended for photohistory collections and those dealing with anthropology, sociology, and the history of medicine.
Kathleen Collins, Bank of America Corporate Archives, San Francisco
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

**************************


S/H $4.00 by media mail. Postal insurance is highly recommended because of the value of this book and is $2.50 additional.

Payment by Paypal, check, or money order. Checks take 10 business days to clear before shipping.



A lot of ebay bidders now bid in the last 10 seconds of an auction (this is called sniping). The price seems low all during the auction and then BAM (thanks Emeril!) the price jumps way up in the last 10 seconds and you don't have a chance to rebid. That's why I like to post auctions with a "buy it now" option. You can just purchase the book immediately and you know it's yours. No bidding, you just buy it!!

post mortem photography death deceased pictures photos