Author Page for Ed Snyder

Ed lives in the Philadelphia area and works as a clinical engineer in a local teaching hospital. He has been making photographs for the past 30 years. His early work- color landscape photography –has been shown in New York and Philadelphia galleries. His current work has been shown in New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans. Buy a copy of his book, Stone Angels: A celebration of the Mourning Arts.

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“All Angels Show!”

“All Angels Show!”

| June 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

Not to be confused with an “All Ages Show,” this exhibit is a ten-year retrospective of Ed Snyder’s Cemetery Statuary Photography.

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Photography Show Announcement

Photography Show Announcement

| January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments

Ed Snyder is having a show of his photography at St. Asaph Gallery, Feb. 17 – Mar. 16 2008.

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Safelight

Safelight

| October 2, 2007 | 0 Comments

Drawing from his experience as a paramedic in Harlem, the author takes us on a gritty ride through the squalid backstreets of NYC circa 1990. Through his main character Frank, a paramedic, Mr. Burke relates life through ambulance calls with gruesome clarity and realism.

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Ed’s Upcoming Exhibits at Mugshots and Laurel Hill

Ed’s Upcoming Exhibits at Mugshots and Laurel Hill

| August 31, 2006 | 0 Comments

Greetings! I’ll be exhibiting some of my cemetery photography at the new Mugshots CoffeeHouse location in Manayunk, Sept. 4 – 30, 2006. You can now buy products with Celestial Angel (to the left) and Cemetery (featured in Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 2).Mugshots CoffeeHouse & Cafe 110 Cotton Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Just [...]

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Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 3

Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 3

| August 21, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part 3 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers the mourning dove, roadside memorials, urns, and other symbols of death.

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Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 2

Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 2

| August 21, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part 2 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers wolf tables, cemetery gates, and mourning women.

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Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 1

Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 1

| August 21, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part 1 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism. It covers father time, the hourglass, human bones, and weeping willow trees.

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Spoon River Anthology

Spoon River Anthology

| August 18, 2006 | 0 Comments

The author of this poetic odyssey, Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950), was an enormously prolific American writer and poet. He is known mainly for Spoon River, his most popular work.

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Ross Mitchell (Part 8) – Visiting Laurel Hill: Why The Cemetery Is A Celebration of Life

Ross Mitchell (Part 8) – Visiting Laurel Hill: Why The Cemetery Is A Celebration of Life

| July 11, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Stoneangels: As far as actually getting to Laurel Hill, you can see it from Roosevelt Boulevard, but you have no idea [...]

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Ross Mitchell (Part 7) – Ghost Stories and the Filming of Rocky VI

Ross Mitchell (Part 7) – Ghost Stories and the Filming of Rocky VI

| July 11, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Stoneangels: Let me ask you about Sylvester Stallone and shooting the opening scenes of [the upcoming movie] “Rocky VI,” at Laurel [...]

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