👓 Pictures of Death: Postmortem Photography | The Atlantic

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1. Read Selfies at Funerals by James Hamblin (The Atlantic)

   A new Tumblr compiles self-portraits taken at funerals and shared with the world. Here are a few, interspersed with more traditional efforts at celebrating life and publicly reflecting on mortality.

   An interesting and excellent follow-on from the prior story I read. Somehow the older mores of photographing and arranging the dead seem at least connected to those we’ve lost whereas some of these funeral selfies or so-called “caskies” they don’t seem to be mourning much of anything except the minute amounts of fame they may be losing.

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2. Read The #SelfieUnselfie Project by Mia C. Zamora (Connected Learning Alliance)

   SelfieUnselfie Project graphic of smartphone outline with “The #SelfieUnselfie Project” written insite
   Selfies have become the cultural artifacts of our time, a digital mosaic of the diversity of our online lives. And while some say selfies are a mark of a deeply narcissistic culture, others say sel…

   This project reminds me about some of the history of funeral photography and the idea of “caskies” as cultural identity I read over the summer.

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