维多利亚时期的诡异风俗：与死人合影（组图）[1]
<p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="picture">picture</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="youngest">youngest</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="propped">propped</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="picture">picture</span>照片中最小的那个孩子已经去世了，但是依然被支撑着和哥哥姐姐站在一起</p><p><span word="Photographs">Photographs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="morbid">morbid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="sensibilities">sensibilities</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="commemorating">commemorating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blunting">blunting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sharpness">sharpness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="grief">grief</span>.</p><p>或许在现代人眼中，为离世的挚爱拍照实属诡异。不过在维多利亚时代的英国，这却是一种缅怀故人，缓解悲伤的方式。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="unsettling">unsettling</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strangely">strangely</span> <span word="poignant">poignant</span>, <span word="families">families</span> <span word="pose">pose</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>, <span word="infants">infants</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="consumptive">consumptive</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="ladies">ladies</span> <span word="elegantly">elegantly</span> <span word="recline">recline</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="beauty">beauty</span>.</p><p>这些照片充满了不安，画面异常感伤。家人与逝者一同拍照，婴儿看上去就像进入了梦乡，患病的年轻女士优雅地斜躺着，疾病虽然夺走了逝者的生命，却增添了别样的美。</p><p><span word="Long">Long</span> <span word="exposures">exposures</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="photographs">photographs</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="sharply">sharply</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slightly">slightly</span>-<span word="blurred">blurred</span> <span word="living">living</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="movement">movement</span>在和故去的亲人合影的照片中，通常很容易辨认出死者——长时间的曝光使得他们看起来比活人要清晰，因为他们是完全静止的</p><p><span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="suffused">suffused</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="death">death</span>. <span word="Epidemics">Epidemics</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="diphtheria">diphtheria</span>, <span word="typhus">typhus</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cholera">cholera</span> <span word="scarred">scarred</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1861 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bereaved">bereaved</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span> <span word="fashionable">fashionable</span>.</p>
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