Tech talk, cold comfort.

I read about this phenomena a few years ago and it kinda creeps me out. I get why people of that era would do such a thing. As Wikipedia says:

...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.

And as photograph weren't commonplace, well, you get the idea.

I can't decide which is worse, the photos in a coffin or the staged photos. At least the ones in the coffin acknowledge the reality of the situation. Although, perhaps in some cases, they should have been taken a little before the burial:





I don't know why, but it seems that this should have been indoors, with the casket open unless, of course, the body was sawed in half or something.

It also seems that if you were going to stage one, you wouldn't half-ass it:



Children tend to know when something is very wrong. The looks of the living in this photo say it all:



Speaking of wrong:



I guess someone saved some money not having to buy Purina for a while.


Why can't my brain let this go?!!

These are amazing photos.