We all know the Victorians did some peculiar things with portrait photography in it’s infancy ( post-mortem and spirit photography, anyone?). Continuing the Victorian photographic fascination with death, I stumbled upon another interesting genre of the era – headless photography. Though playful and no doubt hilarious to everyone way back then, I can’t help but think it’s just a tiny bit macabre...
more than just a tiny bit macabre!
ReplyDeleteThis is the worst one!
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But it looks fake to me - by that I mean not an actual Victorian photo.