Archive for December, 2005
Ed Snyder’s Photography Displayed at InFusion
InFusion, a “Coffee and Tea Gallery,” will host a show of Ed Snyder’s photographic work throughout the month of January 2006. InFusion is located at 7133 Germantown Avenue in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. This is near the intersection of Allen’s Lane and Germantown Avenue, at the bottom of Chestnut Hill. All are invited to [...]
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Images of the Metairie
Hurricane Katrina has transformed the legendary New Orleans cemeteries, known as “cities of the dead,” into a brown landscape of muck and stench. But fears that the cemeteries have been destroyed are allayed. At least in New Orleans proper, concerns that floodwaters would send large numbers of coffins and corpses floating away from their crypts [...]
View PostSaving Graces: The Art of Sensual Statues in Cemeteries
On walking through just about any cemetery established after 1850, one is likely to see sensual female figures, carved, or rather released, from a variety of material – granite, marble, bronze. This is principally true in France and England, the birthplaces of “garden cemeteries.” For the uninitiated, garden cemeteries are essentially outdoor sculpture gardens, conceived [...]
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11 Tips for Taking Pictures in a Cemetery
Have you ever felt the urge to take pictures in a cemetery? Pictures of tombstones, monuments, mausoleums? No? Oh, maybe that was me. Anyway, if you DO ever get the urge, I’d like to offer some pointers.
View PostStoneAngels Welcome
Welcome to the relaunch of StoneAngels.net, a new site that merges art and photography with society’s desire to come to terms with dying and death. I’ve tried to clarify a bit about what this site is about in the About us section. Today is the pre-kickoff launch of StoneAngels.net, which will officially go live (as [...]
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