https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/files/original/3/7082/JacobsonB-Howe72Box.jpg 2c27941ee1ec3bacb1b5d4b8d069140f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Covering Photography Main Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Photographer Photographer Jacobson, Bill Author Author of the book upon which the photograph appears Howe, Marie Book Genre Poetry Photograph Title Title of photograph Song of Sentient Beings #1138, 1994 Notes Notes associated with the item Both Bill Jacobson, in his series <em>Song of Sentient Beings</em>, and author Marie Howe, in her book, <em>What the Living Do</em>, deal with mortality and loss. Howe is reacting to the death of her brother from AIDS, and while Jacobson's out of focus, fading images are more about transience and loss in general, the AIDS crisis was an impetus for making the work.<br /><br />To view more work from this series (including the cover image), from Jacobson's website, click <a href="https://www.billjacobsonstudio.com/wp/project/song-of-sentient-beings-1995-1996/"><em>here</em></a>. Photo Genre Genre of Photograph Portrait Designer Designer of book cover Chu, Calvin Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource What the Living Do Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W.W. Norton & Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998