Photographs of dead people can be unnerving for obvious reasons, whether it be 150 y.o. Victorian mementos of the recently deceased or artistic depictions of what Barthes called 'Death is the eidos of photography'. Taking photos of the dead is already intrusive, looking at such photos introduces an extra element of unease by the fact that the photos may be scrutinized at length, almost leisurely, in a way that is dehumanizing even for a person who is no more. With time I 've learned to not look at everything the internet serves, but there are some photos of that sort that are fascinating although clearly disconcerting too -- I am thinking of, for example, Alvarez-Bravo's 'Obrero en huelga, Asesinado', and Enrique Metinides 'Adela Legaretta Rivas, Mexico City, 29/4/1979'.
