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Viewing Room

Viewing Room

I was astounded to find what looked like another isolation viewing room, a place one could view the body of the deceased without being subjected to airborne disease.

Unlike the one in the states, this area was quite cramped and plain. A ratty chair and table sat before the large window; inside was an empty box lined with blue material and some plastic flowers. An old stretcher was propped up behind the chair, and what looked like candles were laying on the table.
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Wow.... not many people are artists that can bring us back to a time and a feeling like this. (As creepy as it may be)

Thank you, Motts
Stephanie
Thu 07-16-2009
Line up and take your turn viewing your loved one. Then the body goes...somewhere. Bet a lot of these patients never had a viewing.
TootUncommon
Thu 07-16-2009
this is really creepy
renee
Thu 07-16-2009
This picture just makes me really sad. Something about the plastic flowers and the candles. I can imagine a person sitting in the chair and looking at their loved one in the box. May they all rest in peace.
omgmcgriddles
Thu 07-16-2009
Wow.. how haunting and solitary.. amazing capture nonetheless.
Ari
Fri 07-17-2009
oh jeez i thought that was a really grubby fish tank. seriously!! dontcha think it looks like a fish tank?
SNEAKY-SWEEP
Fri 07-17-2009
omgmcgriddles: You said it before I did. The plastic flowers are depressing :-(. Makes the person's life seem "artificial" or "temporary", or "not really real". This room makes me sad, too.
nvusofmotts
Sat 07-18-2009
I agree it almost doesn't seem real. It is sad really too. Like no one cared at all. How insensitive . I agree probably not too many people were viewed here either. It almost looks like a set for some creepy movie. I agree may all those rest in peace.
blue lamp
Sun 07-19-2009
Absolutely astounding picture but also very haunting and depressing. To think what these people endured and how tragic their lives were cut short.....
Melissa
Sun 07-19-2009
makes you think that there might be a body in there already :)
Joe
Mon 07-20-2009
Creepy? yes, but an important part of how we got to be the person, the soul we are today.

Thank you so much Mott's. P.S. It's important we take on and get to see things of a dim past to help us reccollect what we have today.
Robert
Sat 07-25-2009
SNEAKY-SWEEP
I thought it was a fish tank at first glance also!
Madhen17
Sat 08-01-2009
Can anyone else see the face like reflection left centre on glass casket?

This photo set has taught me so much about what humanity was capable of so recently.

thanks
Oobie
Mon 08-03-2009
Everything about this tableau is tragic.
lithium
Fri 08-07-2009
I can't get a perspective on this I guess, but what is that area near the bottom that looks like pretty purple orchids painted there? My eyes must be playing tricks, is it just the lighting?
Mandy
Tue 08-11-2009
Those are plastic flowers and greenery, lining the bottom of the glass.
Motts
Tue 08-11-2009
It looks so abundantly tawdry and fleeting. Like it was put together as an afterthought, and no token effort whatsoever was made to beautify the room. There are family pets that get a more respectable "send-off" , then the ones these patients received. Maybe they purposely designed it as such, to expedite the viewing process. As if they were attempting to evoke the idology, "Ya see? They're dead. Okay? Now move on. We have things to do."
Dustin
Wed 08-12-2009
i would have hurt myself getting the heck out of that place...
AMBERLEE-N-MS
Tue 09-08-2009
creepy but awsome!!!!! i love thiskind of stuff!!!!
gwenhenrich@msn.com
Sun 09-27-2009
Who wants ocean view?
triplec
Sat 11-07-2009
I can't believe how the sitting room has decayed and yet the viewing room looks well preserved. Creepy. :)
Carrie
Fri 11-20-2009
Ok, this is the first picture on this site that really scares me... Don't even know why... Sort of gooseflesh that won't leave...
Christoph
Mon 02-01-2010
Oh whaaat??!
The flowers are still there!!!

Because that's not even remotely strange...
G
Mon 03-08-2010

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