Dissection Photography

Cadavers, Abjection, and the Formation of Identity

Brandon Zimmerman (Exhibit Developer, Designer, Curator and Consultant)

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Bristol University Press
27 February 2024

Photography & photographs; Ethical issues & debates; Sociology: customs & traditions; Sociology: death & dying; History of medicine

Series: Death and Culture

Contemporary audiences are often shocked to learn that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, medical students around the world posed for photographic portraits with their cadavers; a genre known as dissection photography.

Featuring previously unseen images, stories and anecdotes, this book explores the visual culture of death within the gross anatomy lab through the tradition of dissection photography, examining its historical aspects from both photographic and medical perspectives.

The author pays particular attention to the use of dissection photographs as an expression of student identity, and as an evolving transgressive ritual intricately connected to, and eventually superseding, the act of dissection itself.

By: Brandon Zimmerman (Exhibit Developer Designer Curator and Consultant)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529222180
ISBN 10: 1529222184
Series: Death and Culture
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 27 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Brandon Zimmerman has worked as an exhibit developer, designer, curator, and consultant for numerous museums, libraries, and archives throughout the United States for almost 20 years. He holds an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from the University of Rochester.

Reviews for Dissection Photography: Cadavers, Abjection, and the Formation of Identity

“Vividly detailed, incisively analytical, and thoroughly engaging, this is a welcome contribution to our understanding of dissection room portraiture, an iconic genre of medical photography and a revealing wedge into turn-of-the-century medical culture.” John Harley Warner, Yale University