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Final Questions

by Stephanie Murphy

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted June 2, 2018685 views4 comments
On our travels taking small roads through New York, we stopped at a small cemetery and came across this grave marker which makes one ponder the questions it raises.

Canon T3i, 1/640 s, f/14, ISO 800, Sigma 18-200 mm f/3.5 @ 33 mm, HH. 
Raw file processed in LRCC. TK resize/sharpening for web.

Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance. 

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Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 2, 2018 at 2:46 PM
Very interesting. I love old cemeteries and the questions some of the headstones raise. 
something different, and very well-captured.

Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on June 2, 2018 at 11:03 PM
Stephanie, an interesting find here.  Maybe straight out of the Father Dowling Mysteries......sad
I imagine there are folks that might travel graveyards looking for some oddities among the headstones. Not sure any of them would be photogs dedicated to it, but they might do a iPhone take if they saw something that caught their attention. Such as this one marker you found here. Definitely different and subject to some deep pondering as to why it was not ever finished.

I ran into a photog once who was traveling the USA in attempt to photograph as many waterfalls that he could possibly find with the plan to publish a coffee table book with those images. Kind of wonder if there is such a person out there that might do the same with grave markers in mind.
I have found many intriguing markers on the dirt back roads in the state of Utah. Some entire families reflecting the polygamy marriages too. It would be a good place to find very interesting ones I'm sure of it. Thanks for sharing this one.  
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Comment posted by Stephanie Murphy on June 3, 2018 at 4:26 PM
Some considerations -  she could still be alive although she would be 103. And whoever commissioned the marker apparently didn’t think she would live longer than 85. Thank you for your comments. 
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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on June 10, 2018 at 1:12 PM
This is  an interesting photo which raises questions. One possibility is that a plot was bought and the owner subsequently moved away. Richard
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