Critical Writing Index

Photography and Death

by Martha Langford

Border Crossings, Spring 1995, v. 14, no. 2, pp. 22-24

An overview of numerous works by artists within the medium of photography, video, painting and literature, dealing with the subject of death from various eras. The author provides interesting corrolation between the artists cited.

ITEM 1995.034 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Andre Serrano

Stephen Halpern

Granny's Is – David Larcher

Memories from the Department of Amnesia – Janice Tanaka

L'Instant et la patience – Bernard Emond

Christian Boltanski

James Natchwey

Looking at Death – Barbara Norfleet

Murder Research – Paul Wong

Murder Research – Kenneth Fletcher

the Woman who died in her Sleep – jeffery Silverthorne

Lovers: Accidental carbom monoxide Poisenig – jeffery Silverthorne

Rudloph Schaffer