Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => Topic started by: tani.P on October 07, 2012, 10:57:37 PM
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Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago I headed out to Oakland Cemetery (http://www.oaklandcemetery.com/) in Atlanta for a photo-wander. This cemetery was founded in 1850 as "Atlanta Cemetery" and pre-dates even some of the oldest parts of Atlanta today because most of this place burned down in 1864.
The rectangles were shot on a Minolta AF-C, Fujicolor 100, and the squares are an Argus Argoflex E with Lomo Color Negative 100 film.
The gates and perimeter walls weren't built until 1896:
(http://i.imgur.com/ZUGF7h.jpg)
There's a whole lot of graves with Masonic iconography on them:
(http://i.imgur.com/mdbMNh.jpg)
Note the shrouded monuments, I've never noticed those in other grave yards:
(http://i.imgur.com/bI9Y9h.jpg)
These headstones mark the graves of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War:
(http://i.imgur.com/4vYxth.jpg)
There's also a very old Jewish section:
(http://i.imgur.com/zhYWKh.jpg)
Modern Atlanta is never very far away:
(http://i.imgur.com/ZkZwSh.jpg)
Some of the mausoleums can be pretty elaborate:
(http://i.imgur.com/t6GfZh.jpg)
Some even have stained glass windows inside!
(http://i.imgur.com/J0Ojkh.jpg)
I loved these immense, rough, hand-hewn crosses:
(http://i.imgur.com/sBbu3h.jpg)
People leave golf balls at Bobby Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tyre_Jones)'s graveside:
(http://i.imgur.com/qb8Lzh.jpg)
I saw only a fraction of the place so I'll be going back at some point. Check it out if you happen to be in Atlanta!