From the window of a city bus, I noticed the most beautiful cemetery on a hill in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. I scribbled the location in a notebook and returned the next day to document it. What is truly amazing, is that I had stumbled upon not one, but two very distinct cemeteries on one hill. The largest, and most elaborate was St. Micheal's Catholic Cemetery.
The first two images were taken with a digital camera. At this point in time, I was only interested in documenting the graves in black & white, but I could not resist capturing the beautiful colors of these tombs.
All other photographs were taken with a Kodak black & white disposable camera. I still carried a disposable camera for sentimental reasons.
Old, elaborate tomb juxtaposed with a stark, modern city.
This tomb, baring a striking resemblance to a Buddhist alter, shows the fusion of Eastern aesthetics and Western religion.
I was captivated by the facial expressions on all of the tombs.
This woman seemed to be peering out at me from behind a garland of roses.
English inscriptions were rare extremely in the cemetery.
The first two images were taken with a digital camera. At this point in time, I was only interested in documenting the graves in black & white, but I could not resist capturing the beautiful colors of these tombs.
All other photographs were taken with a Kodak black & white disposable camera. I still carried a disposable camera for sentimental reasons.
Old, elaborate tomb juxtaposed with a stark, modern city.
This tomb, baring a striking resemblance to a Buddhist alter, shows the fusion of Eastern aesthetics and Western religion.
I was captivated by the facial expressions on all of the tombs.
This woman seemed to be peering out at me from behind a garland of roses.
English inscriptions were rare extremely in the cemetery.
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