10/10/2021
Monash University is been conducting a very special reseach project with Heartfelt and bereaved families evaluating the benefits of bereavement photography.
Many of you have generously participated sharing your experiences in surveys and interviews.
The research team have been evaluating the data and the team have said the response rate and depth of responses is unherad of with research surveys they have worked on.
The researchers have shared some initial findings.
Especially inspiring for us are answers to this question that stretch over 25 pages.
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19 - Could you tell us something positive or appreciated about the process of having Heartfelt take photos?
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Here are a few of the answers.
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"In the moment I was completely numb and emotionally unavailable.
When I was told a photographer was coming in I wasn't interested. But my midwife and the photographer made the experience bearable, soft, at my pace and made such a gut wrenching experience to be my most treasured moments captured.
I have no words but will be forever grateful for having them be there to take photos of my sweet girl."
"My husband and I were in a state of chaos. Having the heartfelt photographers come out gave us a moment of happiness in a sea of sadness and now when we look at Nikolai's photos we have those happy moments attached to them and we can share them with his little sister (our rainbow) and with our older son who misses him so much. We are forever gratefull for what they have given us."
"When our Heartfelt photographer arrived, it allowed me the opportunity to show off my daughter. I was able to show them details of her features (“look at her eyelashes, can you get a photo of them?” etc). In those moments with the photographer, I felt like any other mother introducing her baby. This was an experience I would never, ever have had if it weren’t for Heartfelt and helped me to create happy memories with my daughter in the very short time that we were able to be together."
This is why we do what we do.
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The Heartfelt Team