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Memento Mori
An Artistic Or Symbolic Reminder Of The Inevitability Of Death
Cemeteries. Graveyards.
For as long as I remember, I’ve been in love with their quiet beauty.
It's where I feel total communion.
With the art and architecture. The history.
I'm breathing in the past while standing in the present,
with camera in hand and a mind full of vision.
Come along with me on my journeys.
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Bus Stop
Have you ever come across something that left you shaking your head in disbelief? Or, with a feeling of unease that still lingers to this...
Christine Shephard
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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Abandoned and Condemned
It was a beautiful mausoleum...once. A mausoleum that was advertised as 'magnificent'. Built of sturdy concrete and trimmed with Italian...
Christine Shephard
Feb 4, 20234 min read
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Time Cannot Fill the Empty Chair
It's the end of October and Sunday's weather was perfect to take my camera for a walk through my favorite local cemetery, Oakwood in...
Christine Shephard
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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Death...The Last Sleep?
On Edisto Island in South Carolina stands the white-clad Presbyterian church. I visited this church on a beautiful February afternoon...
Christine Shephard
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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V...is for Vampire...could this mausoleum hold more than just an urban legend?
His breath was heavy. Heart pounding as he ran through the darkness with his boots thumping on the wet grass. He dodged the stones and...
Christine Shephard
Oct 8, 20223 min read
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My Soul is Among Lions
A bronze lion rests at the grave of Michael Haggerty in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, NY In my many years of traveling in and out of...
Christine Shephard
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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Mirror, Mirror
"I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do, I...
Christine Shephard
Jul 10, 20223 min read
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Hip To Be Square
When you drive through the gates of Oakwood Cemetery at the Comstock Avenue entrance, keep to the road on the right and soon you'll see...
Christine Shephard
Jul 5, 20223 min read
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Super Freak
"She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother. She will never let your spirits down, once you get her off the street....
Christine Shephard
Oct 25, 20203 min read
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Quiet, Please
“Listen, do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” – John Lennon/Paul McCartney There are some photographs I've taken...
Christine Shephard
May 17, 20201 min read
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A Tale Of Two Gracies
"The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth…” –...
Christine Shephard
May 11, 20202 min read
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
“I've only been here three days and it's just a shooting, but give me time, okay. This place is fantastic. It’s like Gone With the Wind...
Christine Shephard
May 2, 20205 min read
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Raise Your Hand
“Live Long and Prosper.” – Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek I have always loved to photograph hands. Outside of the face, hands...
Christine Shephard
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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The Name Game
"I'm asking you who's on first." "That's the man's name." "That's who's name?" "Yes." - Abbott and Costello, Who's On First I enjoy...
Christine Shephard
Apr 19, 20202 min read
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Off With Their Heads
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." - Steve Jobs In my cemetery travels, too often I find statues...
Christine Shephard
Apr 13, 20203 min read
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Rest In Pieces
It could be one of those urban legends told around a campfire. Or, something out of Ripley's believe it or not. Read along and you'll...
Christine Shephard
Apr 6, 20203 min read
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