The lab where I go to get my bloodwork, Sunrise Labs in Arlington, Virginia on Carlin Springs Road, has a spare, gray waiting room. There is only a single decoration: a framed color photograph of gravestones.
I kid you not, as Jack Paar used to say.
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Ethics Alarms 
Leftover from Halloween?
Ha. No, its been up for years. I’ve meant to mention it here earlier, but always forgot for some reason or another.
Gravestones of the owner’s parents, maybe? Grandparents? I’ve heard that parental grave photos are a tradition in some cultures.
Lathechuck
Good theory! But I’m pretty sure it was a commercial photo of Arlington or another military graveyard.
Maybe it’s to remind people that every sunrise has a sunset. Get your bloodwork done often to keep that sun shining as long as possible.
Controversial artwork, universally depressing images (like the aforementioned gravestones), and political endorsements rarely have call to be in professional settings.
My now former PCP (unsurprisingly from California) had her entire medical office covered in “Biden for President 2024” ephemera. Posters in the waiting room, stickers on the clipboards for paperwork and sign in sheets, pens, etc.. I was shocked. It had nothing to do with my personal feelings for the individual candidate (although fervently supporting Joe Biden for anything other than a mental facility or prison is ludicrous), and everything to do with the fact that it was extremely unprofessional to have such endorsements in a non-politically affiliated medical practice. Even the exam rooms had candidate posters, and “Vote4Biden” stickers on the paper towel dispenser!
After that experience, my husband and I decided we no longer felt she was the right doctor for us. Appearances can be deceiving, but in this case, Maya Angelou‘s sage words “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time”, seemed right on the money.