The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, 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.
Post-mortem photography was very common in the nineteenth century when “death occurred in the home and was quite an ordinary part of life. These photographs served as keepsakes to remember the deceased. This was especially common with infants and young children; Victorian era childhood mortality rates were extremely high, and a post-mortem photograph might have been the only image of the child the family ever had.
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Not all of the pictures had dead people. I don’t think so.
This extremely sad…… and depression
So you couldn't move through the photography process, that was handy! !!
Let the Dead rest in peace, especially the children!!
Maybe you should be more respectful
Nope. Almost all of these people were alive. The kids look stoned as shit because can you imagine being a toddler and standing that long for a photo? Do you know how long those photos friggin took?!
I found this heartbreaking.. But I assume back then disease ran rampant with little medicine so many died young. I can't imagine the pain those people felt whilst during the photography. Very sad
Sad 😔
People getting salty like you understand the mentality back then, look at the defeat in the parents eyes amigos. Like the dad holding his little girl in his lap with the mom behind him, both look ready to just break down; try to rationalize the emotions involved there. Even today some parents of deceased children carry them one last time, even posing in post-mortem pictures in our own era. Okay now back to the Dad and the mom, just looking at them tells me that photo probably had the opposite effect of what they wanted as a reminder, instead of happiness they'd be reminded of suffering; is my guess, going by the eyes and the almost slack jaw of the father. The mother looks a little more reserved and collected, yet Pa is wearing his emotions on his sleeve; maybe because he's holding his gone baby girl. Or uh.. boy? Since they did still put boys in dresses in that era sometimes.
This is just sad, just bury them in peace not taking pictures… That's just disrespect. That's like picturing a dead dog and positioning him… 😢
wow, creepy, horrific, and horrifying, weird
Even in these days, people still take photos of the dead at funeral homes/viewings.
In the last photo, I believe both little girls are dead, notice the posing stand holding them up is behind both of their feet
Very sad the children and babies😢👼😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
3:43 he drew on her pupils oh my god… wow… 🙁
0:35 her hands r so dark holy fuck poor child.
Fake
There are quite a few on here in which the subjects are not dead. The person who made the video notes that devices are holding the dead people up, but that isn't true The devices that you sometimes see in back of the subjects were stands that were used to help people, especially children, hold the pose longer, a necessity due to long camera exposure times. The devices often had arm and head rests.
Anyone interested in this would do well to check out The Thanatos Society website. They are experts and their archive is large.
They also debunk many pictures people think are post mortem and are not. Lewis Carroll was definitely not deceased in this photo.
From what I have read about photos like these I believe some of the confusion is due to the photography of the day.
Thanatos website is very interesting.
What think is creepy, you exploiting these photos to make them seem not beautiful. Most people in that tine did not have cameras. Post mortem photos would have been the last and only pictures their loved ones would ever have of them. Let’s have some reverence. Most of the subjects are children. I cannot imagine how much the grieving family must have treasured having a lasting image.
So many dead children. It's so sad.
Seems to me most of the pics of of children…I couldn't comprehend the pain that comes with losing your baby….and the mean to which one would go to not let go… and the main reason why we bury the dead as quickly as we do is all the bacteria that comes with death I believe…not sure but maybe that is in part the reason… I believe also we are in part lost the human in our Humanity we stick our old people in homes to die around strangers… some forgetting that even exist until they die… we used to respect and Revere our elders as they should be but now it's not that way and it's sad. So very much love to everybody out there. Let this be a wake-up call to all To Love More cuz death will greet us all one day…. and the only thing of any meaning that you will leave behind it's who you were your legacy not money not power your loved ones….
Beautiful, not creepy…
What past… the way the present generation is going..is way creepier….no consideration for another person no thought for d environment…we're going to die in a desert…
Maybe satanic rituals..they like to porteit their victims