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Amazing! Condolences.
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A simple wow. very profound. My condolences.
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There is not a day that goes by where I don't
think of my dad like this. I don't wish to
see him in this last agonyzing scream of
death. It will haunt me forever. And yet, it
is a scream of passion waiting to exit to the
next level that I find beautiful. I'm sorry
for your Grandfather's passing.
I'll Walk With You
Through Space And Time
And When Sleep Is Near
I Will Fold You In
I'll Disappear With You
In Clear Blue Flames
And When Our Time Arrives
We Will Slide Through Space.
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E, I'm sorry for your loss. It sounds like
you're brewing something spectacular, a
tribute he'll look down from heaven at and
give a big proud smile. Good luck and take
care.
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I was thinking last night actually about how
I wish I'd been a photographer when my father
died a few years ago, so I could take a
picture like this of him. He was probably the
most genuine person I've known and it would
have been nice to have something real of him,
some visual piece of what he was, his death a
part of his life. But he was dead of an
overdose for a few days before anyone even
called me to tell me he'd died.
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My condolences...but it is through your
images and writings of your grandfather that
he lives on and continues to inspire.
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Wow...the photo is unbelievably powerful and
moving.
So sorry for your loss, E. I hope you share
some of your writings about your grandfather
with us.
I just found out this morning that one of
my closest friend's half-brother hung himself
over the weekend. He was in his forties and
everything had been a struggle for him for as
far back as anyone can remember.
Life. Death.
Yeah.
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I hope you do some writing about him. I'm
sorry E.
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I have come to accept death as a part of
life, perhaps because now at 51, I know more
people that have since passed away, and when
we are young, it 's mostly "old"
people that die, and that likelihood seems so
remote when we are young, that it has an
abstractness to it. Not that anyone
probably really wants to see death, but it's
a fact of life, and a part of continuum. A
photo like yours has a reality to it and a
finality that is also dignified.
I'm not in the least bit religious, so for
me, death is a final act in someone's life --
how we treat people, our deeds, our
relationships, our accomplishments made while
living, are what define other's perceptions
of a person's life, and whatever legacy that
person leaves. No monument can erase a the
terrible deeds of someone, nor is any
monument needed for a person that has had a
positive impact on others. In the end,
memories are what we are left with, and if we
are lucky, photographs that dovetail into
those memories.
Condolences on your loss, and thank you for
sharing.
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So sorry for your loss, Mr E.
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i´m sorry, mr E.
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hope you and your family are coping well.
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I've always had a fascination with
post-mortem photography since my early days
of photography. It's always a tough decision
to photograph the newly deceased, let alone
showing the final to anyone. I admire you,
and thank-you for your decision. You
certainly captured your Grandfather with
great dignity. My condolences.
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watching a dead loved one in this state might
be better to help cope with their death than
the produced funerary version. more real.
great image, great title.
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 , my condolences.
An honest picture.
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great image, even more so after reading your
words. my deepest condolences.
a chilling honest picture indeed.
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What a moving capture. Thank you for your
honesty.
My thoughts are with you...
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naked as we came
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Here's to your Grandfather... R.I.P
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Condoleance, I'm living the same thing right
now with my mother. The picture is troubling.
It reminds me of a caracter in a book by
Daniel Pennac. The girl who needs to take
picture of everything in order to accept it.
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condolences, E. In moving through sadness
there is growth and soul cleansing. This is
an intense image, to be sure.
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my condolences
R.I.P
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Firstly my condolences to you and your
family.
I'm moved by this photograph on so many
levels.
My mother died while i was was on holiday
in Greece as a carefree 22 yr old and I only
saw her after the funeral home had done what
they do. Seeing Mum in the coffin was a
confirmation of her passing to me.
When my father passed away i was beside him
and heard and felt his last breath. I didn't
need to see him laid out.
You are very brave to take this photograph
and to share it with us.
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death is never easy. you have captured a
moment that is profound and powerful and real
and yet beautiful in so many ways.
i'm sorry for your loss. thanks for
sharing.
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Peaceful and gutwrenching. I'm sorry for
your loss, but glad to hear that you plan on
writing about him. You'll do him justice.
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My condolences. Haunting and powerful, I
admire you for sharing - thank you. I sat and
sketched my mother in her dying hours,
drawings which I now find strangely
comforting and life affirming.
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I too am sorry for your loss and grateful to
you for sharing this.
This is an incredibly powerful and
affecting shot.
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! !
Once again, I never would have thought....
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sorry to hear that man. beautiful picture
though... this is why I want cameras at my
funeral.
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Sorry for your loss.
Your caption made me cry. It reminded me
the death of my own father.
My condolences.
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My condolences.
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I am so sorry for your loss. My father died
in 2004 and I was blessed to be at his
bedside when he took his last breath and
closed his eyes. He was stuck with his mouth
open post-mortem just like your grandfather
due to us not closing it in time before his
joints seized up. I can still remember what
he looked like. He had ALS/MND, prostate
cancer, and artereosclerosis. We called him
Job. He was a wonderful person and I miss
him so much still.
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such a sad loss, and yet a triumphant
tribute.
glorious shot.
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This is very powerful. Thank you for sharing.
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my
children losing their Father. So this touches
me on many different levels. I'm sorry for
your loss. May he rest in peace.
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Powerful and poignant. Honor the dead with
our memories, never letting them fade into
nothingness. We keep them alive by that
simple act.
Your photograph is so very human. Thank
you for sharing it. May your memories of him
live on.
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A M A Z I N G.
You got a really nice and powerful shot.
Im really sorry about him and you, and I
admire you for beeing able to take a shot
like this one.
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deeply profound and moving
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i'm sorry to hear this and i offer my
condolences.
this is an amazing photograph.
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My condolences on the loss of your grandpa. I
was devastated when mine passed away. His
last few months he was pretty much
incontinent and stayed in our home in my
sisters old bedroom, the room next next to
mine. In my early 20's, I often had to tend
to him when coming home from work and in the
middle of the night. He often had visions of
my gran who had passed awy about 9 months
prior.
This pic has taken me back to 18 September
'98 when he passed away.
Thank you.
RIP.
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A very touching image....my sympathy for your
great loss....
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Jesus man, this portrait is one of the most
tragic and beautiful things I have seen. I'm
very sorry about your grandfather. I was with
my grandpa when he died and it was a moment
very much like this. I really wanted to take
a photo like yours but I didn't think the
rest of my family would understand. I kind of
regret not doing it. I think you did the
right thing.
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Powerful and touching. I'm sorry for your
loss.
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A very beautiful and tender portrait. Thank
you.
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Wow, chills down my neck. I wish I'd been
there when my Papi died. Thank you for
sharing.
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This is a beautiful portrait, sweet and sad.
Terribly sorry for your loss, I understand
how you feel.
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wonderfully honest image, and looking forward
to your writings about him...
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My sympathies E, my grandfather, who was my
absolute role model, passed away last
December at the age of 90.
Be well
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Yeah, I remember your words regarding him.
Such is life, death...
And thank you for your words everyone.
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The natural order of things...
Very sorry, Mr. E.
My mother is nearing this stage and I've
been gently suggesting a similar tribute to
my siblings, hoping they'll understand.
I admire and appreciate that you had the
presence of mind to document this transition.
My best to you. Be well.
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I'm so moved by this photo of your
grandfather and feel very honored that you
have shared it with people and that I have
been a witness to it/him. Take care
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My condolences for your loss.
This is a striking and beautiful photo and
from what I can see a testament to much he
and the rest of your family have meant to
you.
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i am but a stranger here, yet i feel
compelled to wish you my sincerest
condolences and sympathies. thank you for
sharing with us.
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one of the most interesting photos I have
seen in a very long time
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A very special photo, thank you for sharing
it with the world. My aunt died two days ago,
so you`ll understand this image struck a
chord
My condolences and sympathies for your
loss, hope you`ll be able to write his story.
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it's amazing to me how you can look at an
image like this and no without a doubt that
the person is no longer residing in the body,
just from the thumbnail. somehow i knew i
would read about someone's passing.
beautiful words and a very private moment
you shared.
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a movingly honest capture. hope to see many
great writings of your inspirations in the
future and warm comforts to you, now.
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poison[the]well [deleted] says:
wow, truely deep and soul provoking
picture...
kind of creepy but sad in a way, a
celebration of passing and moving on to
another better place.....my thoughts are with
you.
really good shot though.
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This is a very dramatic and real photos. Your
words are very compelling and sincere, I
appreciate that, it is very thought
provoking.
Thank you for sharing. I am certain that he
is a great man. Grandparents have a way of
touching our lives very deeply.
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Thank you.
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i'm glad you shared this picture. i read what
you said about your father's death as well
and i feel for you deeply. my father died far
away from me so i never had the chance to see
him like this at all. the glossy sheen of the
coffin was between me and his face.
they say it is no longer us when the soul
has left, but the story still is written on
this face... death being part of the story.
much courage for your writing it.
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This is beautiful.
My own father passed away almost a year ago
and in my 34 years, his was the first body I
had been in the presence of. He fought with
most things in his life, not least himself,
but I took great consolation seeing him look
more at peace than he ever looked while he
was alive. I wish I had taken a photograph of
that final meeting. I'm amazed that there are
not more images like this. Isn't it boring
that every photo in a family album is of
people smiling? I mean, aren't the sad times
just as much a part of our lives as the
happy? If not more meaningfull? Why are we
compelled to only document the good times?
Condolenses on your loss and thank you so
much for this image and your honest
expression.
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My sorrow for your loss but I'm guessing
you're the kind of person who celebrates life
rather than mourning the passing.
My father died some 12 years ago, a quiet
reserved man with strong moral fibre, and I
too was glad to have been able to see him in
repose. In fact, there were some very darkly
comedic moments because he'd left his body to
scientific research and I was the person
dealing with his remains, as it were. Making
arrangements for the collection of a cadaver
when that cadaver was my father a mere four
hours earlier puts more than a few things in
perspective.
I prevented my mother from taking his
photograph on his deathbed, maybe I shouldn't
have. Photos of the dead used to be all the
rage about a hundred years ago, they were
dressed up and propped up to resemble the
living...
Today would have been his 86th birthday.
This is a highly personal image, one that
portrays death and as such I feel
uncomfortable about "faving" it,
however, consider it virtually faved. It is
an amazing thing, this life ...
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Beautiful image and writing. I wish you and
your family the best.
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"It was genuinely nice to see my
grandfather like this and not with his lips
and eyes sewn shut and silly "No really,
I'm still alive!" makeup painted onto
his face."
Couldn't agree more, best wishes
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I'm sorry for your loss. the paintful truth
of life.
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He was beautiful.
Thank you.
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touching
sorry for your loss ...
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sorry for your loss, I often thought about
my grandparents lives , they seem amazing to
hear about, and should be preserved , and
maybe even made part of what you do every
day.
I have both great grandparents &
grandparents images around me in my office.
Eric
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Truly moving. He's in a better place. You
have to write that testimony!
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In life and in death a man can tell so many
stories.
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I've come back to this image and writing
today to find solace in its honesty. only
yesterday, 5-21-08, I lost my father to a
heart attack.
peace.
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Fascinating picture. Sorry for your loss.
However, it is just another reason that I
hope no one ever finds my body after I've
died.
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just amaizing... I hope your writings will be
full of the feeling of this shot
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Condolences
the picture is amazing. My father died
recently and I wish I could have taken such a
picture.
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This photo is so powerful.
Thank you for sharing.
I would say that I'm sorry for your loss,
but I am not, as I am sure that you are not
sorry to see the suffering of one you loved
so much come to an end.
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