PHOTOS: Evergreen Cemetery 2016
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Heaton Johnson V
Heaton Johnson V believes in the sanctity of GOYA Adobo seasoning and will forever leave his top three buttons undone (or at least the top two). Photography is his passion, but his dog is his love.
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I’ve never understood the sanctity of corpses. It seems to me that once we die, there’s a detachment between who we were and our physical remains. Regardless, while I walked around Evergreen Cemetery, photographing the state of disarray it’s in, I couldn’t help but feel incredibly despondent. Finding that I’d accidentally trodden on a gravestone I immediately stepped off and felt apologetic. Though I find it hard to relate, i was overwhelmed with sympathy for the families that have loved ones buried there. I can’t imagine how it must feel to visit someone you loved and find such negligence.
Volunteer clean-up effort on May 7 at Evergreen Cemetery. Please visit link below for more information.
http://m.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_755f25e8-7505-5827-ae8a-29c47413c0e2.html?mode=jqm
Now think of Evergreen at its height: the African American response to Hollywood Cemetery. Walkways neatly trimmed, families taking care of their plots, and on that hill overlooking Fulton valley, the large cross that marks the grave of Mrs. Walker: a veritable beacon of self-reliance and empowerment positioned high on that hill. What a shame it has all come to this.