As We Are Now | Dave Higgins Photography

As We Are Now – 2017

I continued to work on this project in 2017; this is a collection of some of my favorite images from the year. They were taken in upstate New York and Texas. You can find more images from this series on the As We Are Now series page.

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Young Woman With Phone – Texas

Flowers For Jonboy – New York

“Bring On Dancing Girls” – New York

“Music Is The Language Of Heaven” – NY

“Cookie” – New York

Skier – New York

“He Lived To Golf” – New York

“Bet the 5 In the 5th” – New York

“The Dude Abides” – New York

Marker From The Club – New York

Bowler & Yankees Fan – NY

Cemetery Scene – Texas

Recently Reunited – Texas

3 Owls & Rose – New York

A Humble Grave – New York

“1 Samuel 1:27-28” – Texas

Holy Family – New York

Life Questions – New York

Cemetery In The Mountains – New York

Those Who Served – NY

“Put Out To Greener Pastures” – Texas

House – New York

Keys – Texas

“So Little Time” – New York

“Casey The Legendary Waiter On Location” – New York

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As We Are Now – Memorial Day 2017

on May 27, 2017

Any cemetery of decent size has a section devoted to military veterans. In addition, practically any cemetery has veterans’ headstones decorated with American flags scattered among the graves. But when you visit a national cemetery you are likely to be struck by the sheer number of graves of veterans and their spouses. These numbers have grown significantly with the aging of veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. On this Memorial Day weekend, let’s pause a moment to remember all those who served our country.

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Flag and Markers

Light and Shadows

Columbaria With Flowers

Columbaria With Butterflies

Flowers And Flag

May Peace Prevail

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As We Are Now – 2016

I continued to work on this project in 2016; this is a collection of some of my favorite images from the year. They were taken in upstate New York and Texas. You can find more images from this series on the As We Are Now series page.

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“Those We Love Don’t Go Away” – New York

“Love Lives On” – NY

“You Call It Love – I Call It Crazy” – Texas

Graves In Early Morning – New York

Ashton’s Tableau – New York

Yankees Fan And Pinwheels – NY

Graveside Figure With Hat – New York

Figure and Photo – TX

Parents & Son – NY

“Taken By The Wind” – Texas

“09-01-13” – Texas

Lost To A Drunk Driver – Texas

“Nawna We Love You” – Texas

Future Stone – New York

“Forever Young” – NY

Messages in a Grave Curb – TX

Fairy Figurine – New York

Pig With Sunglasses – New York

Holy Family with Wreath – NY

Don’t mess up! – TX

Mary Crushing the Serpent – New York

Benediction of the Pines – TX

Soldiers’ Graves with Flags – NY

“Angel Face” – New York

Man of Steel – TX

“It’s not what you gather…” – Texas

Sleeping Cat – New York

Actor – TX

“…may the skies ahead always be clear” – New York

Photo and Flowers – TX

“We Had Fun” – TX

“Cheers…!” – New York

“Patience” – New York

Faded Decorations – TX

Flowers In Long Grass – TX

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As We Are Now – 2015

I took many photographs for this project in 2015; this is a collection of some of my favorites from the year. They were taken in upstate New York, Vermont and Texas. You can find more images from this series on the As We Are Now series page.

In 2015 I continued exploring the subject of modern cemetery folk art from a somewhat broader (and hopefully deeper) perspective. I’ve continued my attention on artifacts of human emotion – which could span a range from personal messages to loved ones to tokens bearing some unknown significance.

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“As You Are Now So Once Was I” – Texas

Tokens of Love and Loss – Texas

“You Are My Sunshine” – New York

“Wish you were here little buddy” – New York

“Racing To Heaven” – Texas

Cherub With Toy Cars – Texas

Toy-covered Grave – Texas

Infant Graves – New York

Military Graves – New York

Flags & Figures – New York

Flowers & Figures – New York

“Dream” – New York

“Dreaming Heidi” – New York

Texas Scene – Texas

“Angels Gather Here” – New York

“You Were The Best” – New York

“Poo” – New York

Faces of the Passed – New York

Butterflies – Vermont

Name Tags – New York

Beer & Flowers – New York

“The Big Slot Machine In The Sky” – New York

“We Love You ‘Bedroom Mechanic'” – New York

“…On The Other Side” – New York

Autumn Morning – NY

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As We Are Now – 2014

I’ve continued work on this project in 2014; this is a collection of some of my favorites from the first half of the year. They were taken in upstate New York and Texas. You can find more images from this series on the As We Are Now series page.

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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