January 24, 2012
Hollow, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, Fomapan 400 which is cheap and cheerful. The more I go to Nunhead, the more it fascinates me. Like Ta Prohm with a railway station you can feel like Indiana Jones clambering through the undergrowth, ignored by dog walkers. Some romantic soul (not me - I don’t ever arrange stuff in photos except the odd twig) had found another decapitated angel a home five feet closer to the Lord in a hollow in a very old oak tree. I would have a job to find it again if asked.

Hollow, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, Fomapan 400 which is cheap and cheerful.

The more I go to Nunhead, the more it fascinates me. Like Ta Prohm with a railway station you can feel like Indiana Jones clambering through the undergrowth, ignored by dog walkers.

Some romantic soul (not me - I don’t ever arrange stuff in photos except the odd twig) had found another decapitated angel a home five feet closer to the Lord in a hollow in a very old oak tree. I would have a job to find it again if asked.

4:29pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyFIB05y
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Filed under: angel statue beheaded niche tree hollow tree Mamiya 7ii graveyard Fomapan 400 gravestone oak decapitation tree hole Nunhead Cemetery Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L 
November 25, 2011
Urn, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: What I find so affecting about Nunhead is not that people believed they entered the afterlife there, but years after they died they entered a sort of afterdeath. Forgotten, but not gone. A promise of eternity broken within the span of a few generations. Nunhead now remains as a memorial to graves rather than the dead. Do check out the set of “The Grave” if you are that way inclined. Shot on Ben’s Yashica Mat 124G with Neopan 400, which I shall miss when I give it back. Not the sharpest tool in the box (the Yash not Ben) but I liked composing on ground glass.

Urn, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
What I find so affecting about Nunhead is not that people believed they entered the afterlife there, but years after they died they entered a sort of afterdeath. Forgotten, but not gone. A promise of eternity broken within the span of a few generations.

Nunhead now remains as a memorial to graves rather than the dead.

Do check out the set of “The Grave” if you are that way inclined.

Shot on Ben’s Yashica Mat 124G with Neopan 400, which I shall miss when I give it back. Not the sharpest tool in the box (the Yash not Ben) but I liked composing on ground glass.

6:15am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyCO7fon
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: urn Yashica Mat 124 G overgrown Fuji Neopan 400 gravestone derelict grave Nunhead Cemetery graveyard bramble 
November 10, 2011
Headless Angel, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Mamiya 7ii, Ancient Tri-X, Mamiya 65mm f/4 L This is just down from the rather splendid Angel which was the frame before this. Interestingly that snap went all viral in the disturbing teen goth community on my Tumblr which amused me greatly. Do check out the names of the other Tumblrs in the “notes” , I assume they’ll grow out of it. On reflection the two-for-one deal of the cross *and* the Angel does result in all the style and grace of a teasmaid. Victorian grief was deep indeed.

Headless Angel, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mamiya 7ii, Ancient Tri-X, Mamiya 65mm f/4 L

This is just down from the rather splendid Angel which was the frame before this. Interestingly that snap went all viral in the disturbing teen goth community on my Tumblr which amused me greatly. Do check out the names of the other Tumblrs in the “notes” , I assume they’ll grow out of it.

On reflection the two-for-one deal of the cross *and* the Angel does result in all the style and grace of a teasmaid. Victorian grief was deep indeed.

8:58pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyBlcN9f
(Notes: 2)
  
Filed under: angel Nunhead Cemetery derelict gravestone Mamiya 7ii grave Mamiya 65mm f/4 ivy Kodak Tri-X graveyard crucifix cross 
October 18, 2011
Dead Ivy, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Expired Neopan 400, Ben’s Yashica Mat 124 G. Of course to become this sort of derelict takes a lot of effort. Nunhead can bask in its gothic splendour because just enough maintenance goes on, but not too much to be kempt. The ivy looks like it beaten into submission once every five years or so. Proper dereliction is impenetrable bramble. Inaccessible and therefore not romantic. The burgeoning bourgeoisie of Victorian London thought they were purchasing a small slice of eternity, but stopping entropy entirely is a very expensive business. Top tip: granite.

Dead Ivy, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Expired Neopan 400, Ben’s Yashica Mat 124 G.

Of course to become this sort of derelict takes a lot of effort. Nunhead can bask in its gothic splendour because just enough maintenance goes on, but not too much to be kempt. The ivy looks like it beaten into submission once every five years or so.

Proper dereliction is impenetrable bramble. Inaccessible and therefore not romantic.

The burgeoning bourgeoisie of Victorian London thought they were purchasing a small slice of eternity, but stopping entropy entirely is a very expensive business. Top tip: granite.

8:25am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyApoUlz
(Notes: 20)
  
Filed under: gravestone overgrown derelict Nunhead Cemetery ivy Fuji Neopan 400 Yashica Mat 124 G grave graveyard 
October 18, 2011
Angel, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Mamiya 7ii, Ancient Tri-X, Mamiya 65mm f/4 L Apparently due to the weeping angels in Dr Who there was a big uptick in visits to Nunhead Cemetery.

Angel, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mamiya 7ii, Ancient Tri-X, Mamiya 65mm f/4 L

Apparently due to the weeping angels in Dr Who there was a big uptick in visits to Nunhead Cemetery.

8:25am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyApoTnh
(Notes: 63)
  
Filed under: grave Kodak Tri-X Nunhead Cemetery ivy graveyard Mamiya 7ii gravestone derelict Mamiya 65mm f/4 Limehouse overgrown 
October 18, 2011
Niche, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Fuji Neopan 400 using a borrowed Yashica Mat 124 G. The beginning of a new series of dedicated to the other main underground pursuit of Londoners, the grave. Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunhead_Cemetery

Niche, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Fuji Neopan 400 using a borrowed Yashica Mat 124 G.

The beginning of a new series of dedicated to the other main underground pursuit of Londoners, the grave.

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunhead_Cemetery

8:25am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyApoS_9
(Notes: 2)
  
Filed under: overgrown ivy Fuji Neopan 400 derelict gravestone Yashica Mat 124 G Nunhead Cemetery graveyard grave