dinsdag 14 augustus 2012

Taphophile Tragics

Many cemeteries in France have portraits of the death on the tombstone. It makes it very personal and I must admit I am curious to look at the persons images.





These pictures are all made in Saint-Paul-deVence in the South of France.

This is my tribute to Taphophile Tragics



11 opmerkingen:

  1. Beautiful pictures, it's like gazing into windows of the past.

    Beneath Thy Feet

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  2. Do you not have that in the Netherlands?
    We have them... it is true that it can be interesting to put a face with the name....

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  3. I first saw these photo tombstones on a trip to the Soviet Union many years ago; since then I've seen them in many other countries but not in the U.S.

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  4. Fascinating images - I haven't seen anything like this in the UK.

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  5. i have seen those too, here in the US! on a jewish cemetery, and on an italian one. just a few stones had them, but similar as to what you show here!
    i dont know if i would want my photo like that.... and which photo to choose? the last one? or...?

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  6. I think people like to remember their loved ones the way they were perhaps.

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  7. Like you, I'm drawn to the photos in cemeteries. I like seeing the living portraits. It makes the cemetery experience more personal.

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  8. Ah ... I go the other way. I prefer NOT to see the image of the deceased. I prefer to construct that in my head. Mostly, the images are of the deceased at an earlier time: when they were young; or, before they got sick. Which is understandable. This is not a practice that occurs much in Australia except for the areas wherein European 'natives' are interred.

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  9. I see them every once in awhile here but not too often. These are beautiful!

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