Haunting.

I remember when I was 10, I stumbled upon pictures of my recently deceased grandfather in his coffin.

I took postmortem pictures of my dear Peter at the funeral home. I had accidentally set the camera to black and white. They are very striking, and I do occasionally look at them.

Too many tiny caskets.

*sigh*

The expressions are so lifeless as well, for the living.

Depressing!

Most portraits of that era are like that because the exposure times were that much longer.

Separate point, separate comment.

In general, I think there's not much to be gained from the denial of death engendered in the attempts made by morticians to make corpses look like they are just sleeping, etc. A more realistic aspect in death would give the surviving relatives a greater chance of coming to terms with their bereavement in a healthy, natural way.


That said, this image of the dead mother watching over her children at a faked graveside is just plain creepy.:

I don't know why I looked at that. I knew it was going to make me depressed and I looked anyway. The dead children... Ugh. I'm gonna be in a funk now for sure. I can't imagine having to go through losing a child. I hope I never have to, I don't know how I'd hold up.

Sorry to anyone who got bummed out over this :( It depressed me a bit but it was kind of compelling and though provoking at the same time. Made me go hug my kids. Again sorry to anyone who this upset.