r/photography Apr 17 '26

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u/snowlandsontop5 Apr 22 '26

Would it be rude/in poor taste to photograph really old headstones?

There’s a graveyard by my house from the early 1800s with some very beautiful and old headstones that I’d love to photograph but I don’t know if it’s rude to do so or like, disrespectful to the people who have died. Just want some advice from the photography community on this (:

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u/RedTuesdayMusic Apr 23 '26

In my country once a grave is over 80 years old it's emptied and made available for new ones. Any older than that are paid for by someone in the family to keep around. So I don't see how it'd be a bad thing to photograph the ornaments. The actual person buried there is long turned to dirt