[Leica] Tomb Sweet Tomb

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Chris

Intriguing as hell. Only thing, kept waiting for Dennis Hopper to show 
up with a bag of dope. Nice images.

Walt

Christopher Williams wrote:

>The day after Halloween is All Saints Day, which in New Orleans is a big 
>event as family members clean and paint their relatives graves. I'll miss 
>this one, but I'll be there for next year. From my understanding, All 
>Saints Day was created to supercede the Pagan holiday Halloween, and since 
>it did not stop the Pagan sinners from celebrating, another day - All Souls 
>Day was also created. Guess 2 holy days beats out 1 sinner day. If it was 
>not for some sinning Catholic Virginians and the immigrating Irish, 
>Halloween in America might not have lasted.
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>All 4 images are from St. Louis #1 Cemetery, located just outside the 
>French Quarter and across form the Iberville projects. In other words, 
>travel with some company or a firearm as there is only one way in and one 
>way out.This cemetery used to take up 4 blocks and now is contained in 1 
>block. No, of course we did not remove the tombs, we just build stuff over 
>them. There are some Civil War generals here, a Voodoo Queen, Revolutionary 
>soldiers, and one rich but died penniless creator of the game "craps".
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>All images w/M6 TTL .58, 50/f2 Summicron, Kodak BW400 
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Travels/Cemeteries/
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>Chris Williams
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