An insight into the Victorian practice of memento mori, where loved ones were photographed soon after death as a tribute to their life. Listen: Memento Mori on BBC Radio 4 This video was made by Boom ...

It was common for families to have lots of children, and also common for them to die before their fifth birthday. In this picture, the youngest child has died and is propped against a stand for the ...

It’s not often that animation uses elements of horror to tell a moral story. For director Paul O’Flanagan, Memento Mori was a way to bridge his interests of the macabre with a graphic novel art style ...

The advent of photography in the Victorian era provided an affordable alternative to expensive painted portraits. Grieving families hired post-mortem photographers to capture what was likely to be the ...

Art related to death in the United States evolved from European influences in the colonial era to a distinct language of mourning, guided by widespread grieving for public figures like the country’s ...

“Memento mori” means, literally, “remember death.” In the early 21st century, we in the privileged global north rarely encounter death close up and personal as an everyday part of our lives. In the ...

The curious era of death photography An insight into the Victorian practice of memento mori, where loved ones were photographed soon after death as a tribute to their life.