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While taking photos at a Chinese funeral might be considered taboo and in poor taste, I've always held that the highest form of respect I can accord someone is to canonize that moment, immortalize him or her in print and picture.
I chose to do exactly that at my grandmother's funeral. I felt it was the right thing, in fact, the only thing I could do.
In a sense, my grandmother's passing marks the passing of ancient ritual, of the older generation's traditions and customs. It is likely I will never attend another Chinese funeral in this lifetime, and this was an opportunity I couldn't afford to pass up.
There was also that sense of loss, the range of human emotion that I felt I could only do justice to using the one medium I was most familiar with.
It would be a lie to say I didn't feel any grief at the occasion, but taking pictures helped me cope.
This is one of my cousins, and she was wont to pace near the funeral parlor. It seemed like her way of coping with grief. I managed to catch her as she traversed the narrow alleyway nearby. Another cousin paces in the opposite direction, just behind her.
From the series Granny's Goodbye: Memories of a Chinese Funeral, by Jason Koh, Copyright (C) 2006.
I chose to do exactly that at my grandmother's funeral. I felt it was the right thing, in fact, the only thing I could do.
In a sense, my grandmother's passing marks the passing of ancient ritual, of the older generation's traditions and customs. It is likely I will never attend another Chinese funeral in this lifetime, and this was an opportunity I couldn't afford to pass up.
There was also that sense of loss, the range of human emotion that I felt I could only do justice to using the one medium I was most familiar with.
It would be a lie to say I didn't feel any grief at the occasion, but taking pictures helped me cope.
This is one of my cousins, and she was wont to pace near the funeral parlor. It seemed like her way of coping with grief. I managed to catch her as she traversed the narrow alleyway nearby. Another cousin paces in the opposite direction, just behind her.
From the series Granny's Goodbye: Memories of a Chinese Funeral, by Jason Koh, Copyright (C) 2006.
Image size
400x600px 121.78 KB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
E-500
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
40 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Nov 25, 2006, 9:23:28 AM
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