Saturday, 11 July 2009
Light, like the sun
Here’s an interesting photograph taken by Maeve Berry of a body burning in a cremator (for US readers, a retort).
It is one of a series which tracks the process from start to finish.
What do you think? Hellish? Or clean, purifying and beautiful?
See the rest of the series here.
Categories: cremation
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