It is a way of remembering the deceased in the photograph, this practice is still frequent in some countries, but how did it begin?
In August of the 18th century, specifically in the month of August, the first PostMortem photo was born, being a way of honoring and remembering the deceased by their families.
This practice became fashionable at that time where people posed with their loved ones and on some occasions they were given positions almost like living beings, some sitting or, failing that, almost asleep, it was a way of keeping an almost vivid memory of their beloved being.
At times they may even pose their loved ones next to them, appearing to be alive and rozagant.
On a hot August day in 1839, a practice associated with the recent birth of photography was born in Paris: post mortem photography. A way to honor and remember the deceased that was popularized to show the dead as if they were not. Standing or lying down, the corpse, accompanied by his family or alone, appeared to be asleep.
On some occasions the photographer made sure he kept his eyes open, and the person did not even seem to have passed into the afterlife, it was an art of death but in the end it is art.
At present we can also notice these cases in some pages where even the deceased have been placed in seated chairs, and even on motorcycles.
It is sometimes quite difficult to believe, however this is part of a reality that we have lived and live within our time.
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