Didn't they ever use stands to keep live infants in position for the
time necessary for the photo? It's not like the parents can just tell
them to keep still.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 1/16/2015 4:24 PM, stils...@netspace.net.au wrote:
What a bright and cheery way to start the year.
Was the cross added by family or could it be a mark made by the
photographer for the touch-up artist? Maybe not, it looks more like a
Christian cross than an X
Either way, speaking as someone who has just spent a week dressing
human forms filled with ballistics gel & latex (don't ask), it is
possible to prop something human-shape in the way shown in the
photograph. Loose clothing is the key.
To be really morbid, could one of the kids be holding the boy's upper
body up?
Still, my vote on this one is vertical pole behind, probably using the
belt to hold the bulk of the weight. Keeping the upper body from
flopping over is the problem.
It brought to mind the pic seen here:
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=40548
&
http://bluerangestudio.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Joe-Byrne-on-door-close-up-260x430.jpg
&
http://bluerangestudio.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Joe-on-Door-side-view-300x217.jpg
the body of Joe Byrne, member of outlaw Ned Kelly's gang, suspended
for public viewing and for photographers on a police station door a
day or two after death (late June, 1880. Cause of death, bullet wound,
body then subjected to building fire).
Aside to self: I wonder how "scholarly" we would be if the portrait of
the child were a more recent pic.,
-C.
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Sent:Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:11:23 -0500
Subject:Re: [h-cost] post-mortem photos
It isn't impossible. Difficult, yes. But not impossible. As any EMT
worker
can tell you. Yes, it is difficult. But that's why you used things
like
stands, or straps.
http://cabinetofcuriosities.ca/pictures-of-the-dead-the-truth-about-post-mortem-photography/
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 7:08 AM, mhprobe...@gmail.com
wrote:
> This question made me curious because I've seen so many photos
labeled PM
> when I thought they weren't. And of course I stare with same morbid
> curiosity as the next person (Thanatos?)! But standing poses - I
don't
> know. It's practically impossible to hold an unconscious person
upright - I
> know this - so imagine a corpse. To make the costume connection,
it's also
> difficult to dress one!
>
> Anyway, these links were the first to come up. Interesting.
>
>
http://mourningportraits.blogspot.com/p/hoaxes-scams-ebay-optimism.html
>
>
>
http://www.pinterest.com/angelusmortis2/post-mortem-photography-no-you-dont-see-dead-peopl/
>
> Melissa Roberts
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