Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago I headed out to
Oakland Cemetery 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:
There's a whole lot of graves with Masonic iconography on them:
Note the shrouded monuments, I've never noticed those in other grave yards:
These headstones mark the graves of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War:
There's also a very old Jewish section:
Modern Atlanta is never very far away:
Some of the mausoleums can be pretty elaborate:
Some even have stained glass windows inside!
I loved these immense, rough, hand-hewn crosses:
People leave golf balls at
Bobby Jones's graveside:
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!
