The Burns Archive: Postmortem Photography at the Boston Book & Paper Exposition

5/11/12

Postmortem Photography at the Boston Book & Paper Exposition

Saturday, May 5th, The Burns Archive participated in the Boston Book and Paper Expo in Wilmington, MA. Leigh Infield Associates helped to host the booth, which featured a sale of all Burns Press titles, as well as antique photographs and vintage medical books. The main focus of the booth was the expose of enlargements from the Burns Postmortem Photography Collection. There where over 85 exhibitors at the impressive Shiner's Auditorium. Please enjoy the video with highlights from the show as well as a few pics from the Burns Archive Booth.

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From the birth of photography through the atomic age, The Burns Archive with over one million historic photographs is best known for providing photographic evidence of forgotten, unseen and disquieting aspects of history. The cornerstone of The Burns Archive is its unparalleled collection of early medical photography, but it is also renowned for its iconic images depicting the darker side of life: Death, Disease, Disaster, Mayhem, Crime, Racism, Revolution and War. The Burns Archive has published dozens of books and curated and contributed to frequent national and international museum and gallery exhibitions. Over the past forty years, thousands of publishers, exhibitors, authors, researchers, artists and filmmakers have utilized The Archive and its unique source of visual documentation. The Archive proves that with the right photographic evidence, history has infinite stories to tell.

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5/11/12

Postmortem Photography at the Boston Book & Paper Exposition