I’ve just now finished the final proofing for my next book, Death’s Garden Revisited: Personal Relationships with Cemeteries. Today we’ll order a paperback proof to check the quality of the photos one last time, then I can order the books and start fulfilling the Kickstarter pledges. The book will be available to everyone else in October.
It’s such an exciting time. The genesis of this book began in 1994, when my friend Blair gave me a box of photos he’d taken in cemeteries. Automatism Press published the first book inspired by them in 1996 and ever since, I have wanted to do a sequel. This book exceeds all my expectations.
I cannot wait for everyone to see how beautiful this new book is. I knew the text was going to be powerful, emotionally affecting, and life-affirming, but Automatism Press had never done a full-color book before. The photos truly are all I had hoped.
If you are interested in preordering a copy, you can drop me a note via my bookshop and I will let you know when the books are available.
In the meantime, enjoy some of the photos from the book! My phone isn’t really doing them justice, but you can get the idea.
Old Stirling Cemetery, photographed by Ann Bollen.
Unnamed graveyard, photographed by Greg Roensch.
St. Stephen’s Cemetery, photographed by Emerian Rich.