An Ugly Place

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By: George Marks
Copyright ©2005

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Photographer	George Marks {Karma:15437}
Project	#23 Objects	Camera Model	Olympus OM-1
Categories	From The Field	Film Format
Portfolio		Lens	Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
Uploaded	8/25/2005	Film / Memory Type	Fuji Reala
		ISO / Film Speed	100
Views	425	Shutter	1/250
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/8.0
Critiques	3	Rating	Pending / 1 Ratings
Location	City - Port Lavaca State - TEXAS Country - United States
About	A couple of days ago I posted a photo of a Gulf Coast sunrise. A number of my friends took exception to the blunt manner in which I described the place. I can understand the way they feel. Later that day I shot this photo only a few feet from where I shot the the sunrise. In my view there was nothing redeeming here. I have wondered about the woman whose grave marker ended up in such a trashy place along with an animal skull and other long since discarded items. What do these people care about?

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brandy bailey {K:3509} 8/27/2005

this is truely sad. I probably would not be able to stop myself from doing a clean up and repair on the sight.
the gravestone looks homemade with the marbles. was it a lady or a child or maybe even a pet? I will have to check out your sunrise.

George Marks {K:15437} 8/27/2005

The old graveyards in the southwest have always interested me. Not that I'm ghoulish, but I love the stories they tell. It wasn't all that long ago that this part of the country was still frontier. There are lots of homemade gravestones and they are quite remarkable. This one bothered me because it was in a trash heap far from any graveyard and there just seemed to be a great lack of respect for the woman whose grave it marked. The attached photo is of my great-grandfather's grave marker. You can just imagine the kind of stories we youngsters grew up with.

Great Grandfather

Roger Williams

{K:86139} 8/27/2005

George, my reaction was to wonder whether a loving child had pressed all those coloured stones into the cross... and if so, what had happened to the child that the grave was no longer tended. Perhaps it was not long before they were together again?

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