ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some photography and sharing modalities related to illness, death and grief on Social Networking Sites (SNS), as a part of a long-standing and ongoing project about the online visual representation of these issues. The chapter analyses how domestic and intimate images of death, illness and grief are taken and/or shared by common users. The characteristics of day-to-day sharing through the internet have influenced the kind of images generated, turning them into a more quotidian practice. These photographs are closer to domestic or familiar photography than to the more formal or professional images that is prevalent in other media. The generalized use of text and tags with the images makes it possible to use search tools to facilitate searches and find mutual points of interest. The increasing sharing of images such as these palliates the feeling of stigmatization and solitude and amplifies the awareness of these subjects.
