tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post3058465351261920180..comments2023-08-27T19:42:56.168-07:00Comments on the <p><b>NEW PALS CLUB</b> </p><p>Web-Log</p>: Kip Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post-56491108137462179772008-09-24T04:59:00.000-07:002008-09-24T04:59:00.000-07:00Childbirth, maybe. Disease, perhaps. Poor Pessa. I...Childbirth, maybe. Disease, perhaps. Poor Pessa. I wish I could go fix the image on the stone for her.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the translation. As I said, she looked male in the deteriorated state, and after I worked on the picture, I didn't know if I'd been wrong before or if I introduced some sort of error in my restoration work.<BR/><BR/>I've taken other pictures of gravestone photos, but that's the only one I can think of that had been ravaged that much by time.<BR/><BR/>One of these days I might see if I can do a more polished fix-up. I was kind of fast and loose on this one. Anyway, thanks again for the language assistance.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post-55844364666761000962008-09-24T03:54:00.000-07:002008-09-24T03:54:00.000-07:00I have a translation of the Hebrew, via the kind o...I have a translation of the Hebrew, via the kind offices of <A HREF="http://gnomi.livejournal.com/" REL="nofollow">Nomi Burstein</A>! Looks like you got the gender wrong; I feel dumb for not looking at that neckline and identifying it as a high-collared dress. Translation:<BR/> <BR/><I>Here is buried the woman<BR/>Pessa the daughter of Shimon<BR/>The wife of Refa'elik* Shor<BR/>Twenty-six years old<BR/>Died 12 Tamuz<BR/>Year 5676** from creation***<BR/>May her soul be bound up in the bounds of life****<BR/><BR/>* A nickname/diminutive of "Raphael"<BR/>** The Hebrew date corresponds to 13 July 1916<BR/>*** This is the one letter, a lamed, which I guess stands for "l'briat haolam"<BR/>**** This is a standard abbreviation on Jewish headstones</I><BR/><BR/>How sad for her to die so young. Childbirth, perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post-4808551015677288802008-09-18T10:07:00.000-07:002008-09-18T10:07:00.000-07:00Hmm, posing in costume might feel disrespectful to...Hmm, posing in costume might feel disrespectful to you then, though I generally seek out very old gravestones. I don't want to inadvertently offend any living mourners, but I figure the 19thc graves probably don't have anyone coming to see them anymore.<BR/><BR/>I am perhaps somewhat insensitive to these things because I work in a pathology department, so dead bodies are something of a commodity. Not in a disrespectful way, I don't think, but it's all about the science here and the important things the dead can teach the living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post-44437616183670976852008-09-18T08:21:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:21:00.000-07:00It's got some age on it, but the only Roman letter...It's got some age on it, but the only Roman letters on it are "SHOR" down at the bottom. <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kipw/2715865326/sizes/o/" REL="nofollow">Here it is, at large size.</A> I'd be inclined to say it's from the end of the nineteenth or start of the twentieth century.<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking I will put a portfolio of my graveyard pics on my flickr page. The ones in the snow and the fog (steam from melting snow) are especially pleasing to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm not averse to photographing people in a graveyard. I don't like to disrespect the graveyard, which always feels like a place of deep emotion (especially when I'm taking pictures of stones for very young children). I'm no longer as touchy as I used to be about stepping on a grave, but other than that, my respect for their things probably approaches a sort of superstitious reverence.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646139.post-80955198483570137012008-09-18T07:22:00.000-07:002008-09-18T07:22:00.000-07:00Clearly I should have you work on my Saloncon phot...Clearly I should have you work on my Saloncon photos.<BR/><BR/>Any idea how old the gravestone was? The face looks almost nineteenth century to me, but I don't think they had the ability to put that level of detail on tombstones then.<BR/><BR/>Mostly what I do in graveyards is pose languidly in costume. Would you ever care to photograph actual beings in a graveyard?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com