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Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone
The story of life and death in America as told through beautiful cemetery art photography accompanied by meaningful epitaphs from cemeteries up to 300 years old. View 68 cemeteries in 224 beautiful photographs that breathe life into existence of those who have passed before us, and who are now enshrined for eternity in landscaped paradises. Within each placid scene and thr...more
Hardcover, 159 pages
Published
November 1st 2011
by Schiffer Publishing
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This is a spectacularly beautiful book, which I fully expected after seeing Grant's photography by way of the cemetery groups on Facebook. His pictures capture the vivid colors of spring, summer, and autumn, as well as the indignities wrought by time, lichen, and pollution. The photos manage to be both joyful and melancholy, like the best exploration of a cemetery on a sunny day.
Unfortunately, rather than caption the photographs as to where they were taken, there's an index with minuscule print...more
Unfortunately, rather than caption the photographs as to where they were taken, there's an index with minuscule print...more
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LOVE IT!!! But it is my book after all. The response has been most gratifying. Thanks Everyone.
I love all things spooky and I'm an art major so I took photography in college. This book is a mix of the two. Pictures of cemeteries. Very artfully done, consisting of locations I'm familiar with as I grew up in the area. And included on every page are quotes and interesting epitaphs. Neat book.
This book is amazing!! The photos are incredible, the epitaphs moving, it's a must see if you are a fan of graveyards or cemeteries. After this book you will never look at a cemetery the same way again!
The photography and epitaphs are lovely and beautiful - adding sacredness to a difficult life experience. It makes those who detest cemeteries reconsider the lens through which they view them...pun intended!
Just finished reading this amazing book and it was truly wonderful. The stark gravestones seem to call out and the loneliness of some of the cemeteries is very eerie. John Grant is a very talented and gifted writer and photographer. Do yourself a favor and buy this book.
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