Monochromia

Cemetery Strange

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography
Cemetery Strange
Cemetery Strange

When the Old Settler’s Cemetery in Uptown Charlotte, NC, ran out of space in 1853, the city purchased the first of several tracts of land totaling 100 acres for a new municipal cemetery. Given race relations of that era, the property developed as three distinct but adjacent cemeteries: Elmwood (for the burial of White persons), Pinewood (for the burial of Black persons), and Potter’s Field (for the burial of White paupers). This composition is from the Elmwood section, shot with during a photo-walk with my niece.

Cheers,

C. S.

Old Stones – In remembrance of Don Simmons

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

Tilted, askew, weathered, and moss-covered,
With chiseled names worn and hard to read.
These stones mark graves of folks from long ago;
Not from the last century, but the one before.

But like us they lived, loved, and were loved;
And in death were buried with sadness and mourning,
With these gravestones—once straight, erect, and proud—
Marking their place and affirming affection and remembrance.

But those who would remember,
Are now themselves merely memories.
And yesterday’s “Always Remembered”,
Are today’s long forgotten.

— Don Simmons