Exhibition

Life Before Death

9 Apr 2008 – 18 May 2008

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Wednesday

10:00 – 18:00

Thursday

10:00 – 18:00

Friday

10:00 – 18:00

Saturday

10:00 – 18:00

Sunday

10:00 – 18:00

Tuesday

10:00 – 18:00

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Wellcome Collection

London, United Kingdom

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• 183 Euston Road
• London
• NW1 2BE
• United Kingdom

Wellcome Collection

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• Buses: 10, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 59, 68, 73, 88, 91, 134, 168, 205, 253, 390
• Tube: Euston, Euston Square, Warren St, King's Cross
• Train: Euston, St Pancras and King's Cross

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Nothing teaches us more about life than death itself. Journalist Beate Lakotta and photographer Walter Schels asked 24 terminally ill people if they could accompany them during their last weeks and days. From these vigils came a series of insightful descriptions and photographic portraits taken before and after death.

Far from being gloomy, these intimate concerns of the dying reveal the preciousness and transience of life, and make us question what we often take for granted.

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• Photography