Additional photographs
Sal Mazza takes a batch of fragrant, human fluid-doused materials out of the autoclave. The waste bakes for 260 degrees for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Photo By David Robert
Plastic bags inside the autoclave melt away to reveal bloody gauze, tainted plastic gloves and anything else that has come in contact with blood, mucous, saliva, urine or semen.
Photo By David Robert
P.H. Dold puts that “lovin’ feeling” into the funeral parlor business. He goes above and beyond to make sure corpses look just how family members want them to look.
Photo By David Robert
P.H. Dold coats internal organs in this formaldehyde-based flour before placing them back inside bodies. Dold says that it’s like coating chicken—"It’s shake and bake, and I helped.”
Photo By David Robert
Larry Balz goes into the porta-potty holding tank with the “stinger,” a vacuum that sucks out all the human excrement.
Photo By David Robert
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