memento mori or remember you must die

Memento Mori (see the ghost?)

Memento mori in Latin means "remember your mortally" or "remember you must die" so this subject interested me greatly.

   In Victorian England when people died, their family's would photograph the dead bodies with the family in a way of remembering the demised. To add to the creepiness of the photo, the alive people would appear slightly blurred because of slight movement during the long exposure time, while the dead person would be clear as a bell.  Here is a fascinating article about memento mori, but be forewarned, at the bottom of the article there are many memento moris so if you are squeamish about dead bodies i don't recommend it.