Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Thanks for checking out this blog. This is year two of my project to photograph one cemetery in every U.S. state and District of Columbia. In year one I visited 11 states and District of Columbia. This year I hope to visit and photograph at least 10 more cemeteries. Please email me if you know of a cemetery I should visit. On this first weekend of the new year, I returned to where I began this project and the inspiration for this project, Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington D.C.

Previous photographs from Rock Creek Cemetery can be found by clicking 2009, December, # 51 Rock Creek Cemetery

51 Cemeteries Project: # 40 St. Michael's Cemetery, Statford CT

Six months ago today, I unexpectedly lost my Mother. I grew up in Connecticut, and had not yet decided upon which cemetery to shoot for this project. My Mom's death made that decision easy (however it's one cemetery I wish I never had to shoot). My Mom was a big supporter of my photography endeavours, including this project. Her death has reminded me that with every simple or ornate tombstone I photograph, underneath it lies someones loved one. Rest in Peace Mom.

Fall Special Headstone from Uvilla, WV

I had to stop to photograph this headstone this afternoon at this small cemetery in Uvilla, West Virginia just outside of Sheperdstown.

Three DC Cemeteries: St. Marys Catholic Cemetery

This is the last of my three DC Cemeteries that I visited in Northeast Washington D.C. Graves date back to the early 180o's and it was very well kept nice cemetery. All three of these Cemeteries were in the Edgewood area of Northeast D.C.

Three Washington DC Cemeteries: Glenwood Cemetery

Glenwood Cemetery dates back to the early 1800's. It was first called Clover Hill Farm before changing it's name by decree of the U.S. Congress in 1854 as Glenwood Cemetery. While the cemetery has a lot of old and historic graves, my discovery of the below statues made out fallen tree stumps and bases (created two years ago) was by far my find of the day! The artist is Dayton Scoggins from Mississippi. He is a professional chain saw artist. The four oak trees were carved into Angles, Dragon and Tiger with a rabbit, snake and rat at the base of the Tiger.

This statue greets visitors to Glenwood Cemetery.

Three Washington DC Cemeteries: Prospect Hill Cemetery

While I already have my DC Cemetery for the 51 cemeteries project, on this last Saturday in September I visited three Washington DC cemeteries next to each other. The first one is Prospect Hill Cemetery. Prospect Hill was found in 1858 and is a historic landmark. It's described as a "German-American" cemetery.

This first photo was very disturbing to see, a fallen angel...

Tomorrow I will post photo's from Glenwood Cemetery, which inclued a couple of statues made out of fallen trees by a Mississippi Artist knows as "the chain saw artist"

51 Cemeteries Project: # 41 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

Green-Wood Cemetery is one of America first rural cemetery. It was founded in 1838 and is spread out over 478 acres in Brooklyn, NY. I don't believe I covered half of the cemetery in my two and half hour visit to the cemetery. The views of Manhattan was among my favorite parts of this very impressive private cemetery.

For more info on Green-Wood Cemetery you can visit their web site @ http://www.green-wood.com/