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Tag Archives: Savannah GA

Wymberley Jones DeRenne monument

An Egyptomaniacal monument of a bibliophile in Savannah’s Bonaventure Cemetery.

Posted bygsb03632January 17, 2022January 17, 2022Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, Confederate, photography, U.S. Civil WarTags: Bonaventure Cemetery, D. Glaysker, Egyptian Revival, Egyptomania, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Roman Bronze Works, Savannah GA2 Comments on Wymberley Jones DeRenne monument

#Confederate

#Confederate: very up-to-date symbolism!

Posted bygsb03632January 10, 2022Posted incemeteries, ceramics, Confederate, photography, U.S. Civil WarTags: Bonaventure Cemetery, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Savannah GA2 Comments on #Confederate

Shell game

A double shell monument offers an opportunity for a brief survey of infant funerary commemoration strategies.

Posted bygsb03632January 9, 2022January 11, 2022Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, photographyTags: baby on the half shell, Bonaventure Cemetery, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Savannah GALeave a comment on Shell game

Savannah Cotton Exchange

Absolutely exceptional terracotta revetments decorate the Savannah Cotton Exchange.

Posted bygsb03632January 5, 2022Posted inarchitecture, photography, public artTags: École des Beaux Artes, Corinthian capital, cotton, Neoclassical, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Richardsonian romanesque, Savannah Cotton Exchange, Savannah GA, terracotta, William G. PrestonLeave a comment on Savannah Cotton Exchange

De Soto terracotta

A stunning architectural terracotta from Preston’s Hotel De Soto (1890) brightens the lobby of the 1968 replacement building.

Posted bygsb03632January 3, 2022January 3, 2022Posted inarchitecture, ceramics, photography, public artTags: DeSoto Hotel, iPhone XS, Savannah GA, Sorrel-Weed House, terracotta, William G. PrestonLeave a comment on De Soto terracotta

Gracie Watson funerary portrait

One of the top-10 funerary portraits in the USA.

Posted bygsb03632January 3, 2022January 3, 2022Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, photographyTags: Bonaventure Cemetery, cradle-grave, funerary portrait, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Savannah GALeave a comment on Gracie Watson funerary portrait

Midday in the garden of evil and good

Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, lends itself to moody, gothic images.

Posted bygsb03632January 1, 2022January 1, 2022Posted inarchitecture, cemeteries, photography, RomanticismTags: Bonaventure Cemetery, gothic, Jack Leigh, John Berendt, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f/4-6.3, Nikon Z 7ii, Romanticism, Savannah GA, Sylvia Shaw JudsonLeave a comment on Midday in the garden of evil and good

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