Portrait angels: Children's postmortem photography in the late 19th and early 21st centuries.

Authors

  • Luis Arturo Sosa Barrón Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/hh.vi11.1429

Keywords:

Photography, Death, Portrait, Religion

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the historical, artistic and cultural background of the so-called "angelitos" photography, in order to understand the reason for its symbolism, its cultural complexity, as well as to analyze the composition of some photographs obtained from the Historical Archive of the State of Aguascalientes (AHEA), as well as from the National System of Photographic Libraries (SINAFO) of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), with which a cataloging for this type of photography will be proposed. At the same time, the text exposes the concept of death and the way in which human beings have sought to represent it.

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Author Biography

Luis Arturo Sosa Barrón, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

History student, UAA.

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Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Sosa Barrón, Luis Arturo. 2015. “Portrait Angels: Children’s Postmortem Photography in the Late 19th and Early 21st Centuries”. Horizonte Histórico - Semester Journal for Students of the UAA’s Bachelor’s Degree in History, no. 11 (January):17-36. https://doi.org/10.33064/hh.vi11.1429.

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No. 11 (2015): History of Art

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Articles

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