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⌈ Secret Post #2727 ⌋

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Comments

TW: Post Mortem pictures

[(Anonymous)]

It was particularly popular during the late 19th to early 20th century. During a time when getting your picture taken was an expensive and time consuming thing, a lot of people never got themselves photographed. Together with the fact that child mortality was high, as well as the fact that people died young in general, photographing the recently deceased was often the only way you could still get a picture to remember your loved one by. This is called post-mortem photography. There are examples where the picture is taken with the open casket, but there are others as well. In those, the dead bodies were often prepared (dressed, some make-up - sometimes with pupils painted on the closed eyelids or painted on the picture afterwards - and posed) to appear either alive or simply sleeping, and in a lot of cases the relatives posed together with the body.
There are some pictures where it's really hard to tell which of the people in the picture is the dead one.

There are also pictures that are mistaken for post-mortem pictures because the very common stands that were used for people to rest against during the long progress of photography are mistaken for stands to prop up a dead body.

There often are signs to tell if it's a Post Mortem Picture or not: The dead person is often leaning against something or someone, the arms, if visible are usually dark because the blood doesn't flow anymore, etc..

A lot of people say that those pictures are creepy, and while I understand finding them unsettling (the idea of posing a child with their dead sibling seems kind of strange from today's POV), I think those pictures tell a lot about the times they were taken in, people's relationship with death and dying.


Some pictures (Obviously, they include dead bodies - including children, so view at your own discretion):

http://ken_ashford.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515b2069e20120a57ccad8970c-320wi

http://31.media.tumblr.com/ffd0f8f61cc70e508f67ff0c52a22f86/tumblr_mtx620BYdh1s1vn29o3_1280.jpg

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--TPM2sBaT--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18khydnvc1lurjpg.jpg

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--NolW0jkJ--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18khvfi0dzcpgjpg.jpg

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[kaijinscendre]

Oh my god. So.... 3 things. 1) I knew about post mortem pics. They are morbid but interesting. 2) Those pics are fascinating . 3) I thought that said post MODERN pictures.

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, I had to scroll up now to check if I didn't accidentally write that - wouldn't have surprised me, I'm pretty tired XD

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[kaijinscendre]

I was reading it on my phone while on a treadmill. :P

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[(Anonymous)]

Well then, that explains it!

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Well, there is modern post mortem photography. I remember as a kid going to family funerals and somebody would always be taking a picture of the person who had died. Maybe it's a cultural thing too?

Re: TW: Post Mortem pictures

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I heard that it's still (or again?) done in some countries, so I'm sure it'salso a cultural thing. Some photographers also specialise in post mortem pictures of babies.