Thursday, May 3, 2012

Feature Take Final

I again went to the cemetery trying to convey what I previously attempted. Most people think cemeteries are humble, peaceful places where their loved one's reside after they pass on. The St. George Cemetery gives off a different vibe. Yes some graves are decorated by family and friends, showing their compassion, but being in the center of the city, near student housing, the college, businesses, traffic, etc., it detracts from the reverence of the deceased. Not to mention the run down buildings on the actual property of the cemetery and the dirt-covered CAT machine next to burial plots. It's sort of an eye opener for visitors that may be offended by the blunt fact that the people they are visiting are now apart of the landscape. It contrasts a lot of people's views on cemeteries. Maybe for the better. Personally, I think this shows that it is only a body we visit, not the actual person.

More than half of my take somehow doesn't upload to my computer, which included majority of the shots I was planning to use. Including the machine, the run-down building, a falling American flag on a grave, etc. So these are more of the B-listers of my take.







Hard News-Construction

Around many houses and businesses on the main streets of St. George, construction has been occurring for some time now. From Bluff street to Tabernacle, drivers seem confused winding around the jackhammers and CAT machines.