These images are drawn from an article entitled "Ghost World: A Selection of Graveside Portrait Photography from the YIVO archives" featured in Guilt and Pleasure Magazine's current Death Issue. You can read the whole article (and see all the images) here.
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I just discoved your blog . . . and IT'S AMAZING!! I'm just blown away!!
Thanks Porter! Glad you are enjoying the blog!
Fascinating stuff...do you happen to know if there is a cultural reason all three of these photos are of Jewish families? The text on all three graves is Hebrew...
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