This one photograph may be the best representation of what Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, was like for me.
Bonaventure Cemetery
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Monochrome Interiors
Yes, the room is curved. To add a little more depth there is a multi pane, floor to ceiling mirror. A room you don’t just walk in a snap a picture.
A master bedroom, with a plush master ‘potty’.
Monochrome interior photographs, Charleston, South Carolina.
First Fireproof Building In The US 1827
On the outside this building looks like many of the historical buildings in town.
Inside it is built of brick, steel, and stucco.
I didn’t take many photos, it’s a hard place to get open space. The stairs gave me this view however. You can see in the shading and contrast the different hard textures. Very interesting.
Note; this is the South Carolina Historical Society.
Old Piano
Found in an old 1800’s Charleston home.
Bonaventure Spring Blooms
“Of all the plants of these curious tree-gardens the most striking and characteristic is the so-called Long Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). It drapes all the branches from top to bottom, hanging in long silvery-gray skeins, reaching a length of not less than eight or ten feet, and when slowly waving in the wind they produce a solemn funereal effect singularly impressive” John Muir, 1867.
John Muir, founder of the US National Parks, naturalist, founder of the Sierra Club spent 6 days camping in Bonaventure. His writings contained many references to the cemetery.
Bonaventure is one of three gothic cemeteries originally envisioned as both a public park and cemetery. The property, like Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery, was first a plantation and family cemetery.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Found On A Walk, Bonaventure Cemetery
Photographing the old cemeteries has taught me to look for small statues, or mementos placed around grave sites. Many are in not so obvious spots. This one was on the edge of a monument near a tree.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Military Grave Sites
Found on a walk, a small site of military graves among the cemeteries in Savannah.
Veterans of WW1 and WW2 (a few others).
Garden Of Good And Evil
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
One of the old US cemeteries (there are 3-4) considered to be among the best of gothic and renaissance design.
John Berendt’s first book, ‘Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil’ is one of the most published novels in US history. A movie of the same name turned this cemetery into a huge tourist attraction. The story line is based around this cemetery, Savannah GA, and Beaufort, SC. Some how Savannah has managed to keep most of it’s historical and beautiful architecture in tact.
I have always wanted to visit and compare to our Magnolia cemetery, one of the other major old gothic grave yards. They are similar in some ways, and very different in others. Magnolia is always on the verge of ruin, and has no tourists to speak of.
As I expected it’s a photographer paradise, if you arrive early.