16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
Rufina Cambaceres at 19, 1902, after Aigner

Leaving the world: Rufina Cambacérès died in Buenos Aires on her 19th birthday in 1902, or so had been thought. It's a long tragic story of delusion, loss, sedation, overdose, and finally premature burial.

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Date Taken: 01.2017
Date Uploaded: 10.2018
Photo Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copyright: © J. Carson Barnes