Dead of Night

-A hymn to unsolved mysteries discovered in the dead of night- -Diane Keaton

Actress Diane Keaton-s fascination with the photographs of county coroner Robert H. Boltz began when a car crashed into a telephone pole outside her grandmother-s house, killing both occupants. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, it was Boltz-s responsibility to document these accidents, which mostly occurred at night. Now the owner of Boltz-s photographic archive, Keaton curates a selection of 32 duotone images alongside Los Angeles-based photographer Nick Reid. With -a richness similar to that of 1930s black-and-white crime films-, Boltz-s photographs depict the skeletal and gruesome automobile wrecks, without any trace of those who were involved. The absence of any sign of life, Keaton writes, is -a haunting reminder of the couple who died outside Grammy Keaton-s home all those many years ago.-
Diane Keaton (born 1946) is an American actress best known for her roles in Th