Nora Ephron
[Writer, b. 1941, New York, d. 2012, New York.]

 I recognize that printing pictures of corpses raises all sorts of problems about taste and titillation and sensationalism; the fact is, however, that people die. Death happens to be one of life’s main events. And it is irresponsible and more than that, inaccurate, for newspapers to fail to show it. 

Annette Messager
[Artist, b. 1943, Berck-sur-Mer, France, lives in Paris.]

 [My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy. It is like the animals I use. They are posed in order to appear to be alive, but they are dead. Their time has passed. The photos have to do with time and loss, and conclusion. 

Diane Arbus
[Photographer, b. 1923, New York, d. 1971, New York.]

 Publication, although very splendid, felt a little like an obituary. 
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