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by **Tonyblack** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:24 pm

I don't get it...

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:45 pm

Possibly he's been in the clutches of a taxidermist? :shock:

by **ghostsecurity28** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:22 pm

He wasnt put in the hands of a taxidermist this was most likely taken within a few days of his death. victorian post mortem photo known as a memento mori was mainly an american thing they beliebve 80 % of photos of that era were of the dead such as the one below.

they use a stand to pose the corpses !! look behind his legs !!!

by **Tonyblack** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:29 pm

Sounds like a good idea to me. Sort of a shame we don't do it now. My friend took a bunch of photos of her dead uncle in his coffin. Her parents thought it was terrible of her, but I don't see anything wrong with it.

by **ghostsecurity28** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:42 pm

I find them so peculiar !! some are quite impressive where they look asleep not in a coffin , but some look very dead and child ones are crazy such as

by **Tonyblack** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:10 pm

I thought this was the funny pictures thread.

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:35 pm

Funny peculiar - glad he wasn't stuffed though

by **Who's Wee Dug** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:40 pm

Probably did'nt eat enough to get stuffed.

by **ghostsecurity28** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:02 pm

lol it is might change it to funny and down right creepy photos !!!
but lets go back to funny for now I just found them intriguing !!!

poor cat !!!!

by **ghostsecurity28** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:11 pm

what on earth do owners do to their dogs ?

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:39 am

Going back a minute to the memento mori and this one in particular...

ghostsecurity posted wrote:

- with early photography it was a great way of getting a pretty clear and focussed subject in a portrait...

by **Bouncy Castle** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:53 am

Which one of them is dead? :lol:

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:56 am

The one that's in the middle - who's totally in focus cause she's not breathing or moving at all! :wink:

The invalid blanket's sort of a clue as well :lol:

by **BatrickPatrick** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:04 pm

Them Victorians was crazy

by **ghostsecurity28** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:20 pm

Yes the more in focus the less likely they moved during the long exposure [rigor mortis]!!
I dont think its particulary crazy they were surrounded by death alot mortality rates were really bad and this was a cheaper way to remember the dead rather than huge portraits they also liked taking hair and turning them into pictures !!!

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