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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “How to Embalm a Body” by Nicole Pasulka
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May Mantell

Photographer May Mantell (maymantell.com) received her BFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MFA from Stanford University. She has taught photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Stanford University, the University of Vermont, and Middlebury College. She lives and works in Addison County, Vermont. A show of her animal work is scheduled to open in July at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery at Stanford University.

Animals

Seeing animals killed accidentally or for sport, can we help but see images of war and cruelty? An interview with photographer May Mantell and a gallery from her new "Animals" series. (Galleries | April 4, 2006)


TODAY’S FEATURE

How to Embalm a Body

Those who can’t do, learn. As part of our series in which the clueless apprentice with the experts, NICOLE PASULKA visits a funeral home in New Jersey to learn, hands-on, how to prepare someone for an eternal rest.

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Mock the Vote

Matthew Baldwin sorts through reader-submitted campaign signage.

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