I went to Highgate Cemetery a couple of days ago. There are some famous people buried there like Douglas Adams and Karl Marx. My landlords said that the church that used to own the cemetery sold it to the city for 50 pence a while back. It seems as though they just couldn’t take care of it. The place is overgrown with ivy and brush, tombstones are falling over and graves are caving in. It was wonderfully haunted looking. A caretaker dressed up in a nice suit and wool coat came walking around ringing a bell at about 4:15 letting us know they were closing. The whole place is surrounded by a spiked metal fence, so it’s nice to be warned. I witnessed him shaming a guy for smoking, “This is a cemetery, put out your cigarette sir.”. It made me smile.

Here’s some video I took while I was there. I’m kinda all over the place with it…sorry…I’ll get better.

I feel like taking pictures at a cemetery’s is a really juvenile thing to do. Most gothic kids in high school photography hit up the cemetery’s so, I had a “this subject is so tired” feeling. At the same time though, I also had a “how lame to even care” feeling. So, I took a few anyway. They’re not too bad considering I’m working with a broken camera though, eh?

There may be something funky going on with my programming here. So, sorry but I don’t have time to fix it right now. I’ve got two papers due before I leave for Prague. Just scroll down until the video player up above is off screen and then everything should be cool. :-)

Photo’s taken by Katrina Cole