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The Home of Peace Memorial Park: Los Angeles

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     Sitting just east from Downtown Los Angeles, on the old streetcar route down Whittier Boulevard, is the Home of Peace Memorial Park.      Back when the red cars used to run down Whittier Blvd, there was a dedicated funeral … Continue reading →

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Beth Isreal Cemetery: [Part 2] Markers

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Beth Israel is a packed cemetery. Full of concrete and stones. There is no grass, no open green land, this is a cemetery of a city. Where rows of concrete rectangles sit line after line after line. Like neat row … Continue reading →

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Beth Israel Cemetery: [Part 1] Portraits

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Beth Israel is a tiny cemetery just east of Downtown Los Angeles. On the entrance gate was a small sign advertising headstone replacement photographs. There are a number of headstones that have photographs mounted near the top. They look like … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part III]

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Click here to see other photographs from HighGate Cemetery including directions and history.

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part II]

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Click here to see all the photographs from Highgate Cemetery including directions and history.

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Douglas Adams resting at Highgate Cemetery

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

I don’t know what to say. I have listened to Mr. Adams read ‘Last Chance to See’ so many times my girlfriend gets annoyed when I quote it verbatim. My Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books are falling apart because … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part I]

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     My aunt, knowing that I love cemeteries, told me to visit Highgate Cemetery. I went looking on the web to see what all the fuss was about. I clicked on the Friends of Highgate Cemetery website and looked at … Continue reading →

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Eight Photographs: Snow on Brompton Cemetery, London

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     On a snowy walk, between my Aunt’s house on Fulham Palace Road and The Earl’s Court Underground Station, I randomly came across a cemetery.      After wandering about, I looked up a little of its history.      It was … Continue reading →

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6 Photographs: Fulham Palace Road Cemetery in the Snow

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Just down the road from my Aunt’s house in London is the Fulham Palace Road Cemetery. It had stopped snowing for the afternoon, so I went out wandering with my camera. The last time I was at this cemetery, it … Continue reading →

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Devon: Lympstone Covered with Snow

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

My parents live in the small English Village of Lympstone, set up against the River Exe, on the south coast, in the County of Devon. It almost never snows in Lympstone, which was why I was so excited when I … Continue reading →

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Six Photographs: Budleigh Salterton Cemetery and Dark Lane with Snow

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

In the little town of Budleigh Salterton, on the south coast of England, there is a cemetery. My grandmother is now in that cemetery. The day after the funeral my mother and I stopped by, and I took some photographs. … Continue reading →

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Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    I really don’t know why it is that I like cemeteries. Is it because I listened to too much of The Smiths as a teenager? or did I listen to The Smiths because I like cemeteries.      I really don’t … Continue reading →

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