As the urban inhabitants of the capitals of the Brazilian states in the end of twenty century would answer the question of the use of the mortuary photograph, it is the main question of this article, having as geographic limit the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Paraíba. This paper searches to trace a profile of Brazil.s urban behavior on the death and dying in the end of twenty century, as well as the role of the photograph in the stonecutting and route of this shape.
Mortuary Photography; Belo Horizonte; History of Costums
