Lonely As A Sparrow - Photo Book

When deciding on a topic for my photo book I did not need to spend too long thinking about my subject matter. I have in recent years become more interested or perhaps fascinated with the idea of death. I know it may sound a bit morbid, when you suffer from depression I was told it might happen, but I guess I am also at a point in my life where I feel the need to question certain things. And that is what this book does, or at least what I hope it does.

I will admit that when I started the idea was to capture the differences in graves in many different areas, from old ones that looked brand new to new ones that looked centuries old. It was to be a reflection on how certain people took care of their families graves even if they never knew them and how perhaps another grave that is newer might be 'shabby' looking because this person has no one to look after their final resting place. My final picture in the book which I have put below is one that I was proud of in relation to this because it was a very old tomb dating back hundreds of years but there was a fresh rose and a brand new teddy bear placed at the entrance.

As I continued to move around the graves and was taking pictures I began to realise how lonely graveyards are and that is what I decided I wanted to capture. There was one moment I was walking and taking pictures in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland, and I came across the graves of young children. As I walked around looking at the names and ages there was a point at which I just broke down and cried, I was just so overcome with emotion. Anyway there are no photos of these graves in my book because I could not bring myself to take any, I can not really explain why. It was here when I began to try and capture the idea loneliness, loss and and those who have gone from us.

The book I ended up with was for me. If others like it and maybe take something from it than great but it ultimately became a book for me to look at and try to remember that time is short and that I will someday end up just like everyone else there and so I need to make the most of the time I have left and maybe that is why I would like others to see, maybe they will think about that too.

For those who might  be interested you can purchase my book from here. http://blur.by/1oJQmNu