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DESCRIPTION:For 50 years\, Dr. Stanley Burns has exhibited\, lectured\, an
 d written on the cultural practice of photographing deceased loved ones. 
 In 1975\, he started collecting historic medical photography. In 1977\, h
 e began publishing his discoveries. He has written over 50 books\, three 
 of which are on memorial photography. His 1990 text Sleeping Beauty: Memo
 rial Photography in America influenced decades of artists\, filmmakers\, 
 and curators. Death in America \, his 1997 award-winning documentary\, re
 mains a teaching tool in classrooms across the country. From 1978 to 2020
 \, he has curated countless national and international exhibitions\, enli
 ghtening the public on the practice of memorial photography. In 2023\, a 
 Spanish documentary highlighted Dr. Burns’ impact on postmortem photograp
 hy within hospital and bereavement care. In this lecture\, Dr. Burns will
  present the history and use of postmortem photography from photography’s
  earliest days in the 1840s to its implementation in present-day hospital
  obstetrical and pediatric culture. Through decades of interviews\, lectu
 res\, exhibitions\, and media appearances\, Dr. Burns helped reintroduce 
 the practice of postmortem/memorial photography to modern audiences. A re
 ception will follow the talk\, open to all. Dr. Burns is donating his pos
 tmortem/memorial photography collection to the Yale Medical School Librar
 y\, where it will join his collection of medical photographs. Prior to th
 e talk at 4:30 PM\, the library will hold a special session in the Medica
 l Historical Library\, where photographs from his collection will be on d
 isplay. Dr. Burns will be on-hand to talk about the images and answer que
 stions. STANLEY B. BURNS\, MD\, FACS is an ophthalmologist and Research P
 rofessor of Medicine and Psychiatry\, and Professor of Medical Humanities
  at New York University: Langone Medical Center. He is an internationally
  distinguished author\, curator\, historian\, collector\, and archivist. 
 In 1975\, he began collecting historic photography with an emphasis on un
 ique photographs not available anywhere else. Dr. Burns’s collection of o
 ver one million vintage photographs (1840-1950) has been generally recogn
 ized as the most important private comprehensive collection of early phot
 ography. In 1977\, he founded The Burns Archive to share his discoveries\
 , and he began his writing career. Dr. Burns has written 50 photo-histori
 cal texts and more than one thousand journal articles\, and has curated m
 ore than one hundred exhibitions. He consults on feature films\, document
 aries\, and television series. He was the Medical\, Historical and Techni
 cal Advisor to the HBO/Cinemax series THE KNICK about a New York City hos
 pital in the year 1900\, as well as the PBS Civil War series MERCY STREET
 . When not collecting\, Dr. Burns spends his time consulting\, lecturing\
 , creating exhibits\, and writing books on under-appreciated areas of his
 tory and photography.\n\nSpeaker:\nStanley B. Burns\, MD\, FACS\n\nAdmiss
 ion:\nFree\n\nFood:\nCocktails\, Snacks: A reception with refreshments an
 d hors d'oeuvres will follow the talk. Free and open to all.\n\nDetails U
 RL:\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/event/a-history-of-postmortem-memorial-pho
 tography-and-its-place-in-modern-medicine/\n
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LOCATION:Sterling Hall of Medicine\, L-Wing\, The Beaumont Conference Room
 \, 333 Cedar Street\, New Haven\, CT\, United States
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STATUS:Confirmed
SUMMARY:Beaumont Medical Club Lecture
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