Portraits before and after death....

Maybe it was by chance that I can across this today....and having a look at all those photos...I just feel like I wanna curl up in my bed with silence around me...maybe becoz I knew people who died of cancer...
Be sure to read the text accompanying the photos.
"This somber series of portraits taken of people before and after they had died is a challenging and poignant study. The work by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta, who recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days, reveals much about dying - and living."

Portraits before and after death....