- in ictu oculi (2008)
by Allison Sommers

- Death and the Maiden (2010)
By P.J. Lynch
 

- Art By Tin
via Artchival

- Memento Mori #1
by Kevin Klemm

- Vanitis, Ca. 18th Century
via Wunderkammer

- Vintage Post-Mortem Photograph
via Morbid Anatomy

- Vintage Post-Mortem Photograph
via Wouldn’t You Like to See Something Strange?

- Looking Back
Paper cut-out art by Peter Callsen
via Fabulist

- Victorian Mourning Vignette with Hair Wreath
Color photo by Richard Gwin
Related short essay: Victorian Hair Art
all links via theconstantgatherer

   Aside from post-mortem photography, one of the more cringe-inducing of 19th century mourning customs has to be the use of human hair as a memento mori. These locks and skeins were often comprised of intergenerational hair woven into framed wreaths and jewelry trinkets.

- ‘Memento Mori 2’
by Lis Wright Ivec
via artist’s myspace gallery

- Czech Bone Church Photograph
by Kareem Farooq
via fine art in america

Learn more about ‘The Bone Church’ (Seldec Ossurary)

- a Memento Mori (“remember you’re mortal”) photograph, 1850s
via archeography

Please be aware, this is disturbing subject matter for some.
I post this not to shock, but for its evocative qualities.

Given the akward positioning and the woman’s glassy eyes,
it is speculated that both subjects were photographed post-moretm.

Though its very off-putting to modern day people,
this was an accepted way to remember the dead in the Victorian era.