St. Marys Church, Lead

Black And White Photography, James, Photography
St. Marys

St. Marys was built in the 14th century and is now redundant. It was witness to the Battle of Towton where 28,000 were slaughtered in a blizzard on Palm Sunday 1461. Many of the Commanders will have taken prayers here prior to the battle.

Bonaventure Cemetery, Wessels Mausoleum

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography
Wessels Mausoleum Detail 1
Wessels Mausoleum Detail 1

Fred Wessels was a successful banker and businessman who wanted to be remembered for founding three insurance and banking businesses. This abstract is from his mausoleum in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.

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Cheers,

C. S.

The Concrete Fleet

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

This image was taken during a boat tour of the Concrete Fleet, aka Kiptopeke’s Breakwater. These concrete ships were made in 1942 during a WWII steel shortage. Two dozen concrete ships were built and served throughout WWII, with two seeing combat. The nine ships that make up the breakwater at Kiptopeke all served as transport and training vessels in the South Pacific. The breakwater at Kiptopeke protects the beach and pier now owned by Kiptopeke State Park.

 

Crazy Horse Memorial

Black And White Photography, David Jensen, Photography

Another stop on my recent trip out west was at the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I was there in 2019 with two of my grandchildren and we were all in awe of the scale of this project. If you haven’t been there, I highly recommend it a visit. For more info, here’s the website: https://crazyhorsememorial.org/

Fujifilm GFX 1oos, Fuji GF 45-100mm F4, ISO 100, 100mm, f/16, 1/55 sec.

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