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AIGA Poster Campaign Speaks to America’s Culture of Death

Powerful posters from graphic designers plead for an end to gun violence in the United States

It is nearly impossible to talk about death in America without raising the issue of gun violence. In the decade between 2005 and 2015, over 300,000 Americans died as a result of a gunshot wound inflicted either accidentally, intentionally by … Continue reading

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Vladimir Yakovlev’s “The Age of Happiness” Shows Seniors in a Whole New Light

A Russian journalist's photo series shows a side of aging we rarely see

In our youth-obsessed culture, negative stereotypes of aging people are everywhere. Conjure up an image of an elderly person and what do you see? A stooped old man with a walker, perhaps? A frail, gray-haired woman being tended to in … Continue reading

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The Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project

Michael Colanero’s digital art helps breast cancer survivors heal

Since 2009, digital artist and photographer Michael Colanero has been working with breast cancer survivors on a project that transforms their physical and emotional scars through body art. With the help of body painters Keegan Hitchcock and Georgette Pressler, Colanero converts his digital designs … Continue reading

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“Natura Morta”: The Photography of Maria Ionova-Gribina

Lovingly posed dead animals reflect an artist’s childhood memories

As was the case for so many of us, Russian photographer Maria Ionova-Gribina’s first encounters with death were accidental — chance meetings with dead animals as she played with her brother in the woods near her childhood home. Fueled by … Continue reading

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Portraits of Grief and Loss

The work of Käthe Kollowitz

Grief and loss are a universal part of the human experience. Each of us at some time in our lives has or will experience a loss so profound that it shakes us to our core and forever changes how we … Continue reading

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‘Left Behind’: A Photo Series by Jennifer Loeber

A collection of juxtaposed photos paying tribute to an artist's mother

Death isn’t an uncommon theme in artwork. This isn’t surprising, since death is something that informs much of our lives. It’s something we all must deal with and cope with — it is something we spend much of our life … Continue reading

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