[silkstone]

I agree 100% with Angela, and would like to add my condolences.

We tend to regard death as a taboo subject in both print and images, especially the latter. Those who found what you did 'distasteful' probably couldn't explain why they don't react the same way to someone 'lying in state' after death, or perhaps even to the death mask of Tutankhamen.

As long as it is what the parents wanted, that is really all that matters.