January 30, 2012
Walker, Nunhead on Flickr.Via Flickr: Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, Rollei Retro 80s details of which, unless you are interested in cameras you can heartily ignore. I must have been to Nunhead six or seven times so far - there are a couple of rolls being developed now. It has been a great find with so many unexpected things to search out. I think its probably drawing to an end. I took a snap of this grave on 35mm back in the autumn and, although I liked the shot, it didn’t go with the mood of the rest of the series because it was too grainy. I went back to look at the scan and the urn was in place in the niche. Entropy is continuous and unstoppable, fellow humans, and I would have you remember that fact before you put your faith in legacy in stones. Your monument’s tenancy will be as brief as you yourself were.

Walker, Nunhead on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, Rollei Retro 80s details of which, unless you are interested in cameras you can heartily ignore.

I must have been to Nunhead six or seven times so far - there are a couple of rolls being developed now. It has been a great find with so many unexpected things to search out. I think its probably drawing to an end.

I took a snap of this grave on 35mm back in the autumn and, although I liked the shot, it didn’t go with the mood of the rest of the series because it was too grainy. I went back to look at the scan and the urn was in place in the niche. Entropy is continuous and unstoppable, fellow humans, and I would have you remember that fact before you put your faith in legacy in stones. Your monument’s tenancy will be as brief as you yourself were.

9:48pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyFe5DGt
(Notes: 7)
  
Filed under: Nunhead Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L square grave derelict black and white gravestone Mamiya 7ii cemetery hole 43mm Rollei Retro 80s urn ivy london 
January 7, 2012
The Hardy Tree, St Pancras on Flickr.Via Flickr: Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, old and crusty Fuji Neopan 400. Oh Google it.

The Hardy Tree, St Pancras on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, old and crusty Fuji Neopan 400.

Oh Google it.

3:38pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZlUmQyEP7E2s
(Notes: 51)
  
Filed under: Mamiya 7ii Fuji Neopan 400 Hardy tree grave St Pancras thomas hardy St Pancras Old church Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L expired 43mm 
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