I love to take my time visiting and photographing old graveyards. The residents usually don’t mind.The statuary is beautiful and their symbolism fascinating. Take the angels pictured here, for example. The first two live in Bonaventure Cemetery near Savannah, Georgia, and the third, in a long forgotten graveyard in north central Florida.
Angels are messengers from God. With a single finger pointing up they are leading the departed’s soul toward heaven. Their wings are symbols of the higher realms of existence, ascension and spiritual mobility. In the first picture, the angel is holding a sword conveying protection. The last angel is holding a cross, the symbol of Christianity suggesting the suffering and sacrifice of Christ.
For more on cemeteries check out Calcutta’s South Park Street Cemetery
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The Wanderlust Gene
19 Apr 2013You’re right – cemeteries are great locations, aren’t they? I used to love them in the winter, when I lived in Canada, though the ‘live oak and Spanish moss’ backgrounds from Florida look pretty special too! Lovely shots 🙂
fotograffer
21 Apr 2013Thanks. Not many cemeteries in Sri Lanka, but oh my, the beautiful ancient temples.
Lily Mugford
19 Apr 2013I love these photos and the way you have softened the edges and making them black and white adds a spiritual element to them
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21 Apr 2013Thank you Lily, for your kind comment.
Anarya Andir
20 Apr 2013Beautiful sculptures of angels…and such wonderful photos too!
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21 Apr 2013Thank you and thanks for stopping by.
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Gigi Galore
24 Apr 2013Wonderful! 🙂
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15 May 2013Thank you Gigi.
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James wolfe
7 Jan 2019The Morgan angle first angle you are showing , is holding an anchor, as the Morgan family was a shiping magnate!