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Topic: Pictures of the dead
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Dee
Knowflake Posts: 249
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 02, 2009 04:02 PM
 
I just saw the movie "The
Haunting in Connecticut"
Where it seemed people in the "old days" took pictures of the dead. I remembered seeing this in another movie a few years back i think it was called "the others"
I decided to look around and see if it's for real and found out it was. It seem's very morbid Has anyone else heard of this
Here's a link to some pics
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/32946 IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1247
From: Bay Area, CA
Registered: May 2009
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posted September 02, 2009 04:08 PM
Post mortem photos were taken in Victorian times... at the time taking a picture was a huge deal, and when the body was dressed in its finest, the family had time to spend with it before the burial, and pose with them one last time.
It wasn't considered the slightest bit creepy at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_photography
"The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session. This cheaper and quicker method also provided the middle class with a means for memorializing dead loved ones.These photographs served less as a reminder of mortality than as a keepsake to remember the deceased. This was especially common with infants and young children; Victorian era childhood mortality rates were extremely high, and a post-mortem photograph might be the only image of the child the family ever had. The later invention of the carte de visite, which allowed multiple prints to be made from a single negative, meant that copies of the image could be mailed to relatives. The practice eventually peaked in popularity around the end of the 19th century and died out as "snapshot" photography became more commonplace, although a few examples of formal memorial portraits were still being produced well into the 20th century." They also had the post-mortem photos in that move 'The Others', which is a really great creepy movie. IP: Logged |
DepTaurus
Knowflake Posts: 694
From: canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 04, 2009 02:20 AM
thats NASTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYY.
why would you take picture with your dead relatives. efing rigamoris eww.IP: Logged |
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