Sleeping Beauty silas-finch " — Mark Morrisroe

" — Mark Morrisroe

where nature is domesticated

"It kills me to look at my old photographs of myself and my friends

march 2003

Holland Day is the basis for this important historical monograph

Sleeping Beauty silas-finch " — Mark MorrisroePhotography was quickly adapted to the social rituals and customs of nineteenth century America, and among these institutions was the memorial portrait. until the advent of photography, this portrait was a painting and was primarily an upper class phenomenon. With the widespread use of the camera, nearly everyone could afford a post mortem portrait, and for the next half century these portraits were a mainstay of American's commercial photographers.