I have a great affection for cemeteries. I find them to be beautiful, soulful places where I can get lost in peaceful reflection. I can spend hour upon hour exploring and discovering stories left untold. Yet I know that to some people cemeteries can be unnerving, and perhaps even a bit creepy. I hope you enjoy my take on this week’s photo challenge!
You can find all of the fantastic takes on the Weekly Photo Challenge here: Creepy
All photos taken at Trinity Church, New York City, 2014
Copyright @ Karen Pearce
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I know quite a few people that are into cemeteries, hell I used to walk in the local one by my old house daily.
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I have a friend who incorporates a cemetery near her home into the route for her daily morning runs- she swears it’s the calmest part of her day.
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I enjoyed it when I walked there because of zero traffic to worry about.
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Like you, I enjoy walking through and imagining the stories. The feelings vary depending on the time of day.
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True. These were taken at Trinity Church. I would have loved to have gone back at night, but I love not getting arrested just a little more. 😉
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Karen, my wife and I really enjoy visiting and photographing cemeteries, especially older ones. We have a whole bunch of cemetery and gravestone pics in the unofficial “portfolio.”
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That’s awesome! I’m glad to hear that I’m not alone on this. 🙂
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Many communities have turned large, rambling sections of cemeteries (typically ones that are “full”) into a sort of open public park, complete with shaded groves, benches, fountains, and well-maintained pathways. Also, mausoleums are often beautiful works of architecture that reflect personal style and evoke particular eras or themes. All great photo fodder!
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I love that idea. I am going to have to do some more exploring… 🙂
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I always wanted to take a walk in a cemetery, lay down flowers for someone I don’t know. A beautiful resting place – far from creepy.
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That is a lovely idea! I may have to do that myself! 🙂
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It sure is spooky and I am in a way fascinated with the idea of taking a walk (and maybe photographing) cemeteries but somehow don’t have the courage to do it at all! Sounds strange! No?
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I highly recommend that you give it a try. You may find it to be peaceful once you get past the initial strangeness of it… 🙂
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I shall (one day..)
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We enjoy visiting cemeteries, too, wondering about the lives of the people buried there, looking at the headstones and dates, etc.
janet
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The ones that always get me are the markers for little children from back in the 1700-1800s. You can only imagine what illness or tragedy claimed them so young.
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I know what you mean. Heartbreaking.
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Awesome photos. Wow. I also love cemeteries. So interesting to trace families and relationships.
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I love the history lesson that cemeteries provide, especially the ones that date back to the 1700s. There is a story behind each marker, monument, and headstone…
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I like cemeteries, but I’ve never visited one at night though. Then maybe I’d find it a little creepy.
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I’m sure a late-night visit would add a certain horror movie-like effect! 😉
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Yeah I don’t think I’d attend that showing. 🙂
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Although I am sure there are many stories to be told in cemetaries, I will leave it to others to explore them as I am not keen!
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No, they are not for everyone, that’s for sure!
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🙂
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Like so many of the others who commented, I love to spend time in cemeteries. It’s heartening to see I’m not alone.
What you’ve shown here is technically a churchyard. In Minnesota, we don’t have many, and when we do, they are not so dense with stones. Here we have mostly graveyards which are separated from their churches, sometimes by miles. I got to visit my first churchyard when I vacationed in North Carolina last year. It was absolutely beautiful … and of course the graves were much older than any in the upper Midwest.
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Great point- I would not have thought to make the clarification on the churchyard vs the graveyard. I would think the cemeteries in Minnesota would look incredibly beautiful in the wintertime after a fresh snowfall. I’d love to see that…
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Thank you for the link-up! 🙂
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ThE images don’t look creepy, they look mollified, peaceful.
Great pictures!
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I find them peaceful as well, thank you! 🙂
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