Capturing Death – What One Photographer Learned on Assignment | Exposure

how do you want to die is relate the

how do you want to die is relate the question you know what is the quality of

question you know what is the quality of

question you know what is the quality of your death what is the quality of a good

your death what is the quality of a good

your death what is the quality of a good death it is the thing that we’re most

death it is the thing that we’re most

death it is the thing that we’re most afraid of you’re going to die you will

afraid of you’re going to die you will

afraid of you’re going to die you will be no more who whoever it is that you

be no more who whoever it is that you

be no more who whoever it is that you believe you are will end

believe you are will end

believe you are will end I think it’s that that loss of complete

I think it’s that that loss of complete

I think it’s that that loss of complete loss of identity that terrifies people

loss of identity that terrifies people

loss of identity that terrifies people the most one of the most powerful

the most one of the most powerful

the most one of the most powerful experiences was being with the family

experiences was being with the family

experiences was being with the family whose sons organs were made available

whose sons organs were made available

whose sons organs were made available for transplantation and we gathered as

for transplantation and we gathered as

for transplantation and we gathered as many people as we could find who had his

many people as we could find who had his

many people as we could find who had his major organs as everyone gathered on the

major organs as everyone gathered on the

major organs as everyone gathered on the road where this young man died the

road where this young man died the

road where this young man died the family of this boy felt like he was

family of this boy felt like he was

family of this boy felt like he was still alive in the bodies of those who

still alive in the bodies of those who

still alive in the bodies of those who were surviving because of his great gift

were surviving because of his great gift

were surviving because of his great gift and at one point this young man’s dad

and at one point this young man’s dad

and at one point this young man’s dad put his head on the chest of the elder

put his head on the chest of the elder

put his head on the chest of the elder gentleman who now carried his son’s

gentleman who now carried his son’s

gentleman who now carried his son’s heart he said you hear that heart

heart he said you hear that heart

heart he said you hear that heart beating tell me my son is not alive

beating tell me my son is not alive

beating tell me my son is not alive and it just says so much about how we

and it just says so much about how we

and it just says so much about how we don’t really know how to think about

don’t really know how to think about

don’t really know how to think about life and death

life and death

life and death we we won’t let go we can’t let go

that’s why some people want to be

that’s why some people want to be cryopreserved

cryopreserved

cryopreserved they want another go at it you know they

they want another go at it you know they

they want another go at it you know they want to see if they’re essential me is

want to see if they’re essential me is

want to see if they’re essential me is intact if they were ever to be revived

intact if they were ever to be revived

intact if they were ever to be revived you know thawed and revived when these

you know thawed and revived when these

you know thawed and revived when these folks who had near-death experiences

folks who had near-death experiences

folks who had near-death experiences returned to their bodies and you know

returned to their bodies and you know

returned to their bodies and you know got up off the AOR table or off the

got up off the AOR table or off the

got up off the AOR table or off the floor or off the ground and and went

floor or off the ground and and went

floor or off the ground and and went back into their lives they were

back into their lives they were

back into their lives they were transformed forever so I don’t think

transformed forever so I don’t think

transformed forever so I don’t think just because there isn’t a body of

just because there isn’t a body of

just because there isn’t a body of research that supports and quantifies

research that supports and quantifies

research that supports and quantifies that whatever happened in their brain

that whatever happened in their brain

that whatever happened in their brain and heart doesn’t negate their the power

and heart doesn’t negate their the power

and heart doesn’t negate their the power of what they have to say I’m not afraid

of what they have to say I’m not afraid

of what they have to say I’m not afraid of dying sometime nothing dying or

of dying sometime nothing dying or

of dying sometime nothing dying or relieve all right mom