Illustrations by Hiroko Shiina Japanese artist and illustrator...

Illustrations by Hiroko Shiina

Japanese artist and illustrator Hiroko Shiina a.k.a. C7-Shiina was born in 1984. Graduated from Tokyo Design Gakuin College.

The artist works in the aesthetics of beautiful and refined yugen style which has the meaning of “dark” and “mysterious”. She intensifies the subject with the fleur of fatal romance considering it as a profound sensitivity to the emotional dimensions of female existence. She provides her personal investigation into the hidden psychology of the female inside.

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Stiff Pose Victorian Postmortem photography (140 Pics)

Postmortem photography or memento mori, the photographing of a deceased person, was a common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The photographs were considered a keepsake to remember the dead. Child mortality was high during the Victorian era. For many children even a common sickness could be fatal. When a child or other family member died, families would often have a photograph taken before burial. Many times it was the first and last photograph they would ever possess of their loved one. Many postmortem photographs were close-ups of the face or shots of the full body. The deceased were usually depicted to appear as if they were in a deep sleep, or else arranged to appear more life-like. Children were often shown on a couch or in a crib, often posed with a favorite toy. It was not uncommon to photograph very young children with a family member, most frequently the mother. Adults were more commonly posed in chairs or even propped up on something.

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