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Response to Funny "things found" (Response #43)

Uploaded 484 Days Ago by sylvainman - 9 comments

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Rohan said 484 days ago:

Nice image :). Made me laugh. Like what you have done with the toning aswell.

Ana said 484 days ago:

this is certainly odd!

flipthom said 484 days ago:

Brilliant.

Lamdennison said 484 days ago:

After Memorial Day I saw tons of balloons in the cemetary I pass every day...I remember thinking that it looked odd and yet it was kind of a nice way to pay tribute (in a shed-no-tears-for-me way). The contrast of the bright red against the green and the somber color of the stone and tree are well captured and nicely framed. Gave me an initial giggle.

CraigMartin said 484 days ago:

Perhaps I am missing something, but I don't see the humour here, or anything funny in the wierd sense - just touching and sad...

sylvainman said 484 days ago:

For me balloons are for parties, and create a big contrast with the sadness of the place.
For me it's a funny thing because it is as a guy was happy to celebrate this death.

Lange said 484 days ago:

The image is well done, but I am struggling to find what aspect of this is being aimed for in terms of relevance to "funny things found". To me, perhaps the photographer is finding it funny to see such a memorial headstone? Or, is it the tributes (balloon, flowers)? Or that the apparently two different generations listed? I am not sure what the photographer is trying to say... because at least to me, the aspects of this photograph seem fairly common and not unusual or funny.

If the photographer reads this, I would enjoy hearing your goals with this image.

Lange said 484 days ago:

Ah, now I see more what you were suggesting, Sylvainman. Around my region, the use of balloons is fairly common. It is not meant to denote a sense of "happiness" or "party" about the death, but is meant more to suggest "love" of a person, and perhaps a bit of still wanting to "include" the deceased in aspects of day-to-day life.

sylvainman said 483 days ago:

Hi Lange,
Here we are in a typical cultural misunderstanding. I understand that thanks to your comment, and other comments before, for me (I'm french and live in Montreal for 3 years) it's really uncommon to put balloons in cemetary, but it seems to be something usual for you (in USA ?).
So, for european people it is something funny, but not for you from North America.
At least I would have learnt that today.

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