thematic photography, week 2: life or death

for our second week of class, we were given the theme of life or death.  not a very happy theme at first glance but surprisingly, an easy one to find images of.  since we were allowed to interpret the theme as we wanted, the choices for shooting were plentiful.  the trick was to find images that were interesting and eye catching.  

for my photos, i decided to visit a cemetary.  luckily for me, the nashville city cemetery was giving the annual living history tour.  not only were there lots of interesting scenes to shoot, there were live actors portraying the dead and buried.  if you haven't gone on a living history tour, you should.  the history of nashville is colorful, to say the least!

 an actor portraying moses wetmore, an early developer of east nashville

 my husband was fascinated with the mausoleums

 vine on iron fencing

 row of crypts

 flower bed 

 this quote seems to sum it all up nicely

 reflection on a crypt

 the mausoleum reflecting the gravestones across from it

then of course, i headed to the garden.  this is a great time of year to find life and death in the garden.

 lichen on dead wood

 same subject, monochrome

 cicada wings

 and in color-completely different results

and one that somehow did not make it onto my flash drive for class-sustaining life means certain death.

and our next theme is our choice-we have a list and i have yet to make my choice.  stay tuned, i will post the photos.