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Memorial Portraits
Longevity portrait — preparing memorial photos in advance for parents' 60th/70th birthdays
A longevity portrait prepared under the pretext of a 60th/70th/80th birthday. Used as a living-room display in the meantime, also usable as a memorial portrait later — finished to 11×14 inch standard.
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How this work was made
Families who commission memorials at Davinci often share one regret — "If only we'd taken a proper photo a little earlier."
The answer is "in advance." The key is not to use the word "memorial." Frames like "let's take a family photo for the 60th birthday," "let's get a photo with the grandchildren," or "longevity portrait (a wish for long life)" feel most natural.
Davinci's longevity portraits are produced from the start at 11×14 inch memorial standard. They sit in the living room or study in the meantime, and later — if needed — the same photo can be used as the memorial portrait. While parents are alive, they can review the result with their own eyes, and the expression and attire are decisions the family made together.
This work is a longevity portrait finished in a warm tone that keeps both the expression and the dignity in balance. Davinci has worked on the longevity portraits of Kim Bong-hee, Kim Ha-min, Park In-ji, Lee Jong-hyung, Hwang Jung-nyeo and many others under the same 32-year standard.
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