News Article - So Touching.

[Smowball]

Just started casually reading this article online with Daily Mail, and ended up with tears streaming down my face....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327262/Soulumination-Photographers-capture-images-families-ravaged-terminal-illness.html

[fiona88]

absolutely heartbreaking. its so sad

[Sqad]

Smowball....no sorry, i just don't see that at all.

I find it bizarre that someone would want a "final photograph" of their "loved one." To me it would prolong the "period of grieving" and serve no real purpose other than to provide an income for the company that thought up this "stunt."

[Smowball]

sqad - I didnt say I agreed with having the photo's taken - I just found some of them very sad.

[Sqad]

Smowy...yes, I know....my reply didn't set out to suggest that.

[Sharingan]

I think they're lovely. Death masks and funeral photographs have been popular for centuries though Squad, it's a not a new thing at all, these are just more artistic.

[Sqad]

Shari...;-)

[jim360]

It depends on what's in the photo. I lost some pets over two, three years back and never did have that many photos of them. For me the over-riding image is often of seeing them dead. That moment is seared onto my memory and can be very painful. I'm almost welling up a bit now typing it.

I also lost a pet a year-and-a-half ago, but have photos of her when she was alive, and even some movie clips. Not exactly artistic, but it's nice isn't it to have that image of someone, or something, when they're alive to call on rather than the moment of death.

I can easily see how these might help people to cope -- so many of the photos in that link capture life. It might not be for everyone, though.

[Bbbananas]

Oh gosh.....

[jim360]

I would have worried a bit, by the way, about cashing in on grief. But the organisation doing this is currently providing the service free-of-charge and relies on donations.

Don't see a problem with this at all, and might even want to use the service myself at some point.

[Sqad]

Jim

\\\ It might not be for everyone, though.\\\

To me. to have a photograph of my loved one or pet is one thing, but to have them with a shaven head, or a tracheostomy in place or gaunt and cachectic is something quite different for me.

[jim360]

Well, to each their own. If it works for someone, it works.

[Sqad]

Jim...exactly.

[LazyGun]

@Sqad - Excellent use of the word Cachectic, by the by. Always nice to see a word used in its proper context and i know what you mean.

Still, some of the photos - the ones where the kids are laughing with the mum and what have you - must be nice for a grieving loved one to have.

[Smowball]

Exactly, I dont think I could do it myself, but understand others might.

[Sqad]

LazyGun...LOL

I am glad that i don't "disappoint " you all the time....just most of the time...;-)

[Sharingan]

I think with a baby that is born very prematurely and isn't expected to survive it's a wonderful concept and I imagine very comforting, but I do tend to agree with Sqad that for me it's probably not something I would want for older loved ones who have been in good health if I had nice photos already. Mind you I suppose it could be used a tool for the patient to assert themselves that even when terminally ill they are more than their disease has reduced them to, a mark of defiance if you like.

[AlwaysConfused]

I think the pictures are lovely and will bring joy to those families in years to come.

[ummmm]

I also think they are lovely.

[Bbbananas]

I do too. Heartbreaking, but quite lovely.

[Smowball]

Yes they are very tastefully done.