Memento Mori
This is a gothic morbid shoot with the theme 'Remember to Die', a latin expression originating from ancient Rome.
It was then reused during the medieval period, it is also related to the ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") and related literature. Memento mori has been an important part of ascetic disciplines as a means of perfecting the character by cultivating detachment and other virtues, and by turning the attention towards the immortality of the soul and the afterlife.
In art, mementos mori are artistic or symbolic reminders of mortality.
In the European Christian art context, "the expression... developed with the growth of Christianity, which emphasized Heaven, Hell, and salvation of the soul in the afterlife.
We did a shoot inspired by Victorian fashion mixed with gothic in our days and the poses will be related to the theme stated.
It will be an unsettling shoot based on the Victoria Era Post-Mortem Photographs. The Victorian Era was a pretty morbid time in human history. One of the most unsettling traditions of the era was the practice of post-mortem photography (that is, photographing the dead).
On the Contrary to being creepy, these death photographs were meant to serve as mementos of the deceased loved one.
Because of that, many photographers tried to make their subjects look alive.Photographers employed a variety of tricks to make their subjects look more life-like.
Read MoreIt was then reused during the medieval period, it is also related to the ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") and related literature. Memento mori has been an important part of ascetic disciplines as a means of perfecting the character by cultivating detachment and other virtues, and by turning the attention towards the immortality of the soul and the afterlife.
In art, mementos mori are artistic or symbolic reminders of mortality.
In the European Christian art context, "the expression... developed with the growth of Christianity, which emphasized Heaven, Hell, and salvation of the soul in the afterlife.
We did a shoot inspired by Victorian fashion mixed with gothic in our days and the poses will be related to the theme stated.
It will be an unsettling shoot based on the Victoria Era Post-Mortem Photographs. The Victorian Era was a pretty morbid time in human history. One of the most unsettling traditions of the era was the practice of post-mortem photography (that is, photographing the dead).
On the Contrary to being creepy, these death photographs were meant to serve as mementos of the deceased loved one.
Because of that, many photographers tried to make their subjects look alive.Photographers employed a variety of tricks to make their subjects look more life-like.
