Use of Visual Imagery

When choosing photos for the website or your event on Facebook, here are a few simple guidelines to follow:

• Photos should be simple and graphic - DO NOT include text.
• Photos should feel imbued with emotion, have a sense of universally, and embody wonder, hope, memorialization, connectedness, and other ideologies associated with the overall festival
• To connote loss, mourning, and honoring those who have passed, we recommend seeking photos of ceremonies, rituals, and beautiful representations of memorialization
• Try to avoid overdone representations of death (skeletons, coffins, etc.)
• People can be included in the imagery, but should not be the main focus (like a single headshot).

Examples of well-executed use of photography:

Example A

One Last Thing

Example B

Death Meditation: If Today was Your Last Day