As We Are Now – 2014
This series is exploring the subject of modern cemetery folk art – both what is inscribed on gravestones and the artifacts of human emotion left by others, which could span a range from personal messages to loved ones to ordinary objects bearing some unknown significance. This project is also creating a record of how this folk art appears around the time it is created. As a visit to the older section of any cemetery will bear out, time and the elements inevitably take their toll on this kind of folk art.
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(Clicking on any image will open a slide show.)
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- “Top Cop” – New York
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- Gambler’s Wisdom – Texas
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- Drummer For The Band – New York
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- “Life Was Wonderful” – New York
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- Grave With Mementos – New York
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- “Spiro” – New York
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- Bottle of Sand – Texas
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- “Angels Gather” – Texas
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- “…A Lifetime Of Love…” – New York
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- “14 Years Here, 14 Years Gone” – New York
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- “Ashton’s Love Bucket” – New York
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- Skier – New York
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- Mower – New York
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- Shopping Cart – New York
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- Fire Truck & Figures – New York
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- Betty Boop With Roses – New York
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- “…We will continue our honeymoon.” – New York
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- Cookie Angel – New York
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- Cats & Bunnies – New York
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- Wrenches and Birds – New York
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- “Miss You” – Texas
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- “We Miss You Grampa” – New York
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- “I’ll be waiting for you…” – New York
All photographs are © Dave Higgins and “Dave Higgins Photography,” 2014; all rights reserved.
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