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It is comprised of ninety-five exceptional color photographs made by over ninety unknown American photographers

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Gabby Laurent

Unspeaking Likeness silas-finch historicallyEssay by William T. Vollmann Unspeaking Likeness is a series of images of forensic facial reconstruction sculptures. Occasionally, when investigators call for it, shortly after an unidentified corpse (or part thereof) is found, a forensic artists constructs an artificial face made of clay or plaster to better aid in victim identification. "We are all too aware that when we die, the flesh goes. Memories of us may die more quickly or slowly, depending