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German photographer Walter Schels was terrified of death, but felt compelled to take these extraordinary series of portraits of people before and on the day they died. His partner Beate Lakotta recorded the poignant and revealing interviews with the subjects in their final days. The couple tell Joanna Moorhead how facing death changed how they felt about dying - and living

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2...ss&feed=science

I'm not going to give much of my opinion just yet. Instead, I'm just going to post the link to this series of pictures, and let you guys form your opinions without any interference of mine. It's a really moving portrait of death, through the lenses of an old man and his partner, who captured the image and the thoughts of people whose death was imminent.

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Are you guys feeling miserable as well, was the title misleading, or are you upset this wasn't an April fools thread?

i see dead people!


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and no, i didnt find it miserable, actually rather creepy. i dont see the point of obsessing over the vessel after it has been emptied.

'Heiner�s friends clearly didn�t want him to be sad and were trying to take his mind off things. They watched football with him just like they used to do: they brought in beers, cigarettes, had a bit of a party in the room. �Some of them even say �get well soon� as they�re leaving; �hope you�re soon back on track, mate!�� says Heiner, wryly. �But no one asks me how I feel. Don't they get it? I'm going to die!�'

Must have been an important game.

weird seams inside the gold mine

This is great:

'Klara Behrens knows she hasn�t got much longer to live. �Sometimes, I do still hope that I�ll get better,� she says. �But then when I�m feeling really nauseous, I don�t want to carry on living. And I�d only just bought myself a new fridge-freezer! If I�d only known!�'

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I lol'd at that too.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i see dead people!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN and no, i didnt find it miserable, actually rather creepy. i dont see the point of obsessing over the vessel after it has been emptied.

hmm... maybe I'm still mourning the death of my godmother but I did get pensive after seeing those pics.

But that's just me

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Originally posted by Lira ^^^^ I lol'd at that too. hmm... maybe I'm still mourning the death of my godmother but I did get pensive after seeing those pics. But that's just me

Im an insensitive cvnt. It takes a lot to bother me if there's no direct relationship to me, and my normal coping mechanism is to make jokes about stuff like that anyway.

ive always said lira, you exude pleasantness

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN ive always said lira, you exude pleasantness

Thanks

Anyway, I really don't think you're insensitive. If that were the case, you wouldn't mind religious zealots

Lira, have you read Plotinus's musings over beauty? I think it should delight you not a little: http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/beauty.htm

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred Lira, have you read Plotinus's musings over beauty? I think it should delight you not a little: http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/beauty.htm

Looks really interesting. Bookmarked it, thanks

this was very intriguing. good read.

That broke my heart. My heart hurts for those people.

Meh, I've sat with people as they died, literally watching them breathe their last breath. No pictures can compare to actually being there.

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Originally posted by jennypie I've sat with people as they died, literally watching them breathe their last breath. No pictures can compare to actually being there.

did anyone ever find the bodies?

I ate them.

this was interesting to read and some were so much sader than others. makes one want to ilve life to its fullest

holy shiza.

i had to take a break half way my eyes are watering @ work

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Originally posted by chimera66 this was interesting to read and some were so much sader than others. makes one want to ilve life to its fullest

i say you should anyways. you dont know when that day will come.

ugh, i hate death

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Originally posted by jennypie Meh, I've sat with people as they died, literally watching them breathe their last breath. No pictures can compare to actually being there.

I thought of you when I posted this.

Not only I've seen my godmother die (and understand you perfectly), I also looked after my girlfriend's uncle during his last night. Seeing those pictures reminded me of those moments... and I can't imagine how hard it isto see this as frequently as nurses and doctors probably see.

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Originally posted by chimera66 this was interesting to read and some were so much sader than others. makes one want to ilve life to its fullest

Word.

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Originally posted by tubularbills ugh, i hate death

lets go beat the fuck out of it

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Originally posted by Lira I thought of you when I posted this. Not only I've seen my godmother die (and understand you perfectly), I also looked after my girlfriend's uncle during his last night. Seeing those pictures reminded me of those moments... and I can't imagine how hard it isto see this as frequently as nurses and doctors probably see.

Well I think it depends. I mean, for me...the hard part is not seeing people die, or knowing that they're dying - I'm totally comfortable with death...it's the suffering that accompanies it that makes it hard.

I really didn't expect some of the thoughts voiced by the people. I wish there was a more substantial synopsis to some of these. I'm not looking for a life story, but I found it all rather interesting and would like to know more.

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