These remind me as well of the death photography that was taken in the 1800's. They would have the body posed, sitting up, fully clothed and their eyes open. Even children and babies were done this way. Errie. Or maybe these are The Children of the Corn! Shyrell Melara Melara Family Photography Preserving Precious Memories... http://shyrellmelara.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elson Elizaga" <elson_elizaga@xxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: I see dead people Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:20:38 -0700 (PDT) > > Oh, I'm not saying the children are dead. I've read the text. What I'm > saying is the people are portrayed as dead, in an artistic way, perhaps. > The eyes are open, but that is part of the trick. If you close them, > everything becomes clear and too antiseptic, journalistic. It's art, > yes. But I see dead people still. And I think that is her point. Why she > does it, I don't know. Just look at her self portrait again. Anyway, I > call this death photography. > > > Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Hmm, where did you get the idea > these were dead children? I can't > find anything that suggests that other than the pale skin. She > talks about posing the kids etc. I'm not particularly fond of the > photo/paintings? but she has found a niche. Something that is > increasingly hard to do anymore. > Don > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
