Memento Mori - Loads of Pics

[horatio]

Love these

[imi]

the 5th photo is very nice
Hard to recognize some persons is really dead on the memento mori photos some looks like healthy living person

[Buggerthehedgehog]

I can personally vouch that the 5th one down, of the two women, neither is deceased. It's a rather famous photography by Alice Boughton. She was a Pictorialist and it wasn't in her repertoire or style to do post-mortem images. The is an actual picture of two very much alive sisters that fits with the photographer's vision of instilling a sense of emotion and the ethereal in portrait photography, an true capturing of the essence of the personalities.

[polypterus]

i hate to burst everyone's bubble, but a good amount of these photographs do not feature a corpse. The photography used during the victorian was slow, and the person had to stand still for a long time. often the stands where placed for the person to lean on. so the presence of a stand does not mean the person is dead. however that's not to say that there aren't pictures in the list that are not post mortem photographs. especially the mother with the 3 babies, i think its a pretty safe bet that she died giving birth to them. finding a true post mortem photograph is something i've always wanted, but so far has eluded me. i''ll keep searching those old photo albums

[claytoaj]

The thing that always strikes me about these death portraits is that none of the living people are ever crying, or even look particularly sad. I know I'd look sad if you posed me next to one of my cats that had just died...can't understand how none of these people have that reaction to their children or other relatives.

Sterner stuff, I suppose.

[jonnysdead666]

Excellent collection!!

[jbell0129]

creepy as hell

[russell515034]

[QUOTE=caroliner;3828321]Each picture in this set contains a corpse.....I promise, some are easy to spot, others are not.

A little history first.........

Back when corpses were not a taboo as they are now, dead relatives would be prepared for burial in the home by the family and often "laid out" for viewing.

The Victorians lost a lot of children due to high mortality rates and many feared having no image of their beloved to gaze upon.

Man, 31 & 41 are fucked up. That is some freaky ass shit.

[BSNERRN]

Originally Posted by Tyberius

Kid in the fourth pic is freaking me the fuck out.

He was startled by the flash. Nothing more than a family photo.

[BSNERRN]

There are two post mortem photos in this compilation. It is a myth that the Victorians posed,propped and painted the dead to appear alive. True Victorian post mortem photos were rare, but obvious with the decedent lying in repose in a bed or coffin. The majority of photos with a parent holding a child, the child is sleeping. It was easier to photograph a sleeping child because they were still. We must dispel the myths of Victorian post mortem photography.