Sleeping Beauty silas-finch " — Mark Morrisroe

" — Mark Morrisroe

Holland Day is the basis for this important historical monograph

A limp happy-birthday balloon on the floor

These photographs were often taken between assignments

october 1989

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.