Ending
Is it in bad taste to follow yesterday’s post with some shots from the cemetery near my home?
The photograph above was taken at the same time, and with the same view-finder framing, as the Polaroid I posted a few days ago.
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Olympus XA2, f3.5/35mm lens, Ilford XP2, scanned with Epson V700
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burnt embers 
Its a National Heritage Site isnt it and meant to be visited and reflected on as part of our history. Yesterdays post is irrelevant.
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Thanks Val – I was thinking more about the juxtaposition of the suggestion of an accident involving a child and a place of death – not so much about bad taste for the Cemetery, but for the school yard. I did not make the connection when the photos were taken since there was a couple of months between the two ends of this roll of film.
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I agree, it’s not in bad taste. They are places to capture a certain mood rather than impinge upon privacy. But having said all that, I tend to stick to much older cemeteries, but that’s mostly because they have more of this feeling.
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Hi Mike – this cemetery is not used for burial anymore, but there are ceremonies recognising the ancestors such as Jing Ming – there are ceremonial chimneys for burning offerings and so on. See the tag for Chinese Cemetery, or look at this post for more info: http://wp.me/p1R4lY-SE
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Yes, I noticed the Chinese inscriptions on the gravestones. This certainly adds to the sense of interest, not mawkishness in any way.
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Thanks!
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Not at all in bad taste, I think, on the contrary, it makes sense. Cemeteries are peaceful places, the calm after the trauma, can be a place to remember, reflect, connect. It’s interesting how different cemeteries are in different countries and cultures. This one looks free, not organized according to any strict pre-defined system.
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Hi Gunilla – this cemetery is Victoria’s Chinese Cemetery. Victoria had a large Chinese population early on it’s history, and so there is the usual story of racism and fear of other cultures. Until the 1930’s the bones of the Chinese were returned to their home Province in China after resting in the ground here for 7 years or so. However, the disorganised look you are noticing is more to do with many of the graves no longer having markers – the graves can be seen when the grass is drying out, and on aerial photo graphs, and many by subtle depressions as well. My first post about the cemetery has a lot of information in it if you are interested: http://wp.me/p1R4lY-SE
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