Monday, January 10, 2011

LAURIE ZUCKERMAN'S CEMETERY CROSS PHOTOS FROM NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO

New Mexico cemetery cross

New Mexico cemetery cross

New Mexico cemetery cross with heart and goblet

New Mexico cemetery cross with a heart-like form 

New Mexico cemetery cross with what appears to be a double-heart 

New Mexico cemetery cross with what appears to be a double-heart 

Southern Colorado cemetery cross with head and arms

Southern Colorado cemetery cross with head and arms

New Mexico sandstone cemetery cross with amazingly stout proportions

Laurie Zuckerman shares her photos of anthropomorphic crosses from cemeteries in Hispanic New Mexico and Southern Colorado on this post. These naive handmade crosses are extremely unique and represent some of the oldest gravemarkers in the Southwest. They bridge the human aspects of death and Catholicism with their body-like forms. Please feel free to leave your comments and watch for new images each day.

My cemetery cross photo series is also linked to Rebecca Brooks' Recuerda Mi Corazon's blog hosting her series called "Stumbling Toward Ecstasy." Rebecca and I invite you to log on to her site:

4 comments:

rebecca said...

i will love each posting and look forward to your offerings.
todays is so perfectly strong.

Fran aka Redondowriter said...

Such simple crosses but so rich in meaning. Thanks for sharing them.

rebecca said...

the new smaller crosses...like stone children under a vault sky.

thanks for your visit and encouragement.

warmly,
rebecca

J said...

Be thou my vision . . .