quixdraw wrote:
I now live far from the grave sites of many generations of my family who chose to be buried -- I don't care, don't believe they do, since those I knew still live in my heart and mind. Can't see how this would be offensive to most -- I for one, would not pay for pictures of that kind. When it comes to "open coffin" pictures taken by some -- I prefer memory of the living person to photos of the best of the mortician's art. IMO
At my grandfather's funeral, my grandmother asked me to photograph him in casket. What she saw must have been different from what we others saw. She never explained why she wanted that last picture and none of us asked why. It was an honor to honor her wish. Sometimes an image has meaning for but one person and we shoukd honor that.