Pere Lachaise #5: Gravesite With Caged Flowers by photosynthesis
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Many of the gravesites had small caged areas like this, though most didn't. Perhaps to keep people from actually walking on top of the graves themselves? Not something I would ever do, but given some of the vandalism that has occurred, maybe not a bad idea. For those of you who may not be aware, Jim Morrison was buried at Pere Lachaise & some of his more immature fans have defaced other gravesites with graffiti directions - things like "Jim this way" & an arrow. I suspect the administrators at Pere Lachaise regret their decision to allow him to be buried there...
Comments (12)
SteamZone
When I was a student in Paris (alas, BEFORE Jim was interred there) I'd visit PLC to see the gravesites of the men (and occasional woman) whose lives had somehow touch me -- Balzac, Sarah Bernhardt, Chopin, Colette, August Comte, Honoré Daumier, Isadora Duncan, Max Ernst (one of my heroes), Amedeo Modigliani, Molière, Félix Nadar, and Alice B. Toklas (you can imagine what went on at her grave during the mid-1960s). Great photo. Strangely, it brings back many fond memories of my misspent youth.
Juliette.Gribnau
another beauty
durleybeachbum
That's interesting about Toklas, I missed her grave. Another fascinating photo.
RaykesPictures
Special shot of special place, like it!
kenmo
Amazing photo of this interesting place...
CavalierLady
A very interesting series of images...this gravestone is beautiful!
UVDan
A beautiful photo.
Glendaw
Wow what a gorgeous tombstone, the granite and carvings are amazing.
anahata.c
I read SteamZone's comment and it was fascinating. I too (with Andrea) didn't know Alice B. Toklas was buried here. I knew most of the other names, though not all. When writers fantasized about graves opening and macabre rituals being held ("when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world"), I wonder if they fantasized about a place like this. If these people could rise up in the middle of the night, it would be a massive artistic street fest. This is the only other shot of this series I'll do for now, because it's such a contrast to the final one---it's so bright, the green here is beautifully light and even aqua in hue. The pileup of structures---common to the whole place, I assume---is wonderfully lit and inviting. And the trees in the background---esp on the left---are awash in sunny yellows. There are dabs of orange (far left) and purples and so on. A very sunny picture, even though it's of several graves. And I knew that Morrison had been buried here, and also heard of the vandalism, which is a shame, even though Morrison was a great musician. Very bright work, Claude, very sunny and inviting, which is not often said about photos of gravesites...
netot
A fantastic capture. We celebrate the day of deads in November 2, and in cemeteries people even take lunch on other peoples graves. So I think is a good thing that fence! didn´t know who Alice B. Toklas was!Now I know, and understand some things...
MrsRatbag
It's a lovely richly carves monument; beautiful capture, love the light/shadow and clear details!
danapommet
I can understand the caged area to protect a work of art like this but also appalled that such grave sights would be defaced by Jim Morrison fans or actually any other human being in their right mind!