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I remember back in the 1960s seeing a photo of a friends baby in a coffin, it shocked me.. as Id never seen that before.. but maybe it gave her some kind of comfort.. in Victorian times it was the done thing as I suppose they didnt have any or many photos of their children and this was the only one they would have... seems a bit morbid though... and not for me. Stiff Pose Victorian Postmortem photography (140 Pics) - mdolla
Ugh. This is why I want direct cremation, no body present at the memorial service. Most of the memorial services I've been to lately have displayed several nice photos of the high points of the dearly departed's life. That's a much better better thing to do, in my opinion.
At one time, I had several coffin photos passed down to me. I destroyed them. They weren't something I wanted to keep. I have other photos of my great-grandparents that were taken while they were alive.
My grandmother passed away in 1982, she had boxes and boxes of pictures of family in their coffins. I think the thought goes back to the age of pictures of Lincoln and Billy the Kid in their coffins.
I remember seeing Jesse James coffin picture when I was a kid. I think most people had few to no pictures of their relatives back then, and the photos of professional photographers at funerals were the last opportunity to get a picture. (Also, when public figures died, it was a way, I guess for the public to see that they were actually dead.) It seems justified to me in the 19th century, but I can't see how it would be now. Pretty much everyone in this country would have grown up with cameras, then digital, then cell phones - with a plethora of opportunities for picture taking when the person is alive. There was not one picture taken at my husband's service (as far as I know) and that is fine with me.
If I have ever been to a wake that pictures were taken, I have no recollection of it. I am glad of that! Yes, before Kodak-Eastman came along, I could understand it a little bit more. Nowadays? That is just morbid.
My mom passed away back at the end of 2008. At the funeral, we had an open casket. At the end of the service, my neice, who I love but has no common sense, started to take pictures of my Mother laying in her coffin. Talk about tacky!!! has anyone else experienced this??
I have been to funerals where it was video taped and the tape sent to the Ukraine because of family that was elderly and could not make the trip to the states.
I don't see why it's weird. It's really no more weird than embalming someone, trying to make them as they were after they are dead, and putting them on display. It's not natural.
What is natural is possibly wanting to remember the moment, even if it's painful. Maybe tacky during a service, but after....no.
I have a picture of my father in a coffin. I did not like the way he looked. I have always thought the whole pomp and circumstance is odd. People die. We try to pretend it's not real.
I would hate the thought of someone taking a picture of my dead body!
I am going to be cremated just to be sure!
me too when I cant even airbrush it..
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