Snow-globe Jesus
I go to a lot of cemeteries.
I’d never seen anything like this before – a jar put into service as a sort of snow-globe Jesus pressed into the concrete cross.
Cedar Park, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2016
Posted on July 23, 2016, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, Cedar Park, Cedar Park New Mexico, cemetery, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, new mexico, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
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That’s weird.
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It was vey strange! There was another marker that had had one of these, but it was broken; all that was left was the jar lid, embedded in the concrete.
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What a beautiful find.
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Thanks, Richard. To say I was “giddy” when I spotted it is only a slight exaggeration!
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As soon as I saw this, I thought Latin America. Cemeteries I have been to in Guatemala and South America are filled with creative memorials like these. I love your title, Melinda and they way that there is almost a halo of light around the cross.
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Thanks, Kate. The “halo” is part of what I learned in photography school, which I am still learning how to use comfortably. Glad to know you think it worked on this shot.
I started to second-guess my title – I was worried that it might be inappropriate. But I shook off the doubts because I decided it was the best description I could come up with!
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Oh, does New Mexico count as Latin America? Of course I know it is part of the USA, but I imagine the culture to still be very Latin, as parts of Arizona are.
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Yes, the culture in New Mexico is heavily influenced by many of the same things that influenced cultures in “real” Latin America. I think you’d see similarities with Arizona.
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