But in Victorian England ... But as healthcare improved the life expectancy of children, the demand for death photography diminished. The advent of snapshots sounded the death knell for the ...

The moment photography became cheaply ... and working-class parents queued to capture their child’s image. So far, so familiar. Here is the Victorian equivalent of an iPhone snap taken from ...

Capturing every sweet, mischievous expression that crosses a child’s face is made easy by the smartphone camera always within reach. This is, of course, a recent development in motherhood.

(Photo: Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid", Charles Dodgson) By Victorian standards, however, Dodgson’s photos were considered rather conventional. A few of his photographs depict semi-nude children, ...

A 10-year-old Victorian child laborer who was captured in an iconic image by renowned photographer Lewis Hine has been identified more than 100 years later. Historian and retired social worker Joe ...

The advent of photography in the Victoria era provided ... Props such as toys for children and flowers would also be included, braces would help to position the body and in some cases the subject ...

Victorian and Edwardian children who had either committed offences ... but found his feet in 1910 when he started work as a photographer’s assistant in London. Commenting on the regular reports ...

As a result of these sanitary, regulatory and medical advances, child mortality rates have sat below 1% in the U.S. and U.K.

But in Victorian England ... But as healthcare improved the life expectancy of children, the demand for death photography diminished. The advent of snapshots sounded the death knell for the ...