These pictures were taken by Erika Rebstock. Erika is a therapist, a do-it-yourself-home-renovator extraordinaire, a Diet Dr. Pepper addict (/aficionado?), and the owner of DRY, Ink Photography (www.dryink.org). These pictures were taken at Beauvoir, home of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis, in Biloxi, Mississippi. After Davis’s death, his house was turned into a home for aging confederate soldiers. Upon their death, they were buried in the graveyard depicted here. Erika and her family visited the site to see whether it had been restored after its destruction during Hurricane Katrina.
I love these pictures. Nice work, Erika.
The photographs made me think about how stone is fashioned and employed for different uses: for beautiful homes to live in, staircases for the rich – and those who gave the best of their lives to protect that wealth. Ultimately, the stones are a memorial to those lives – whose family homes were built from more temporary materials, and are gone.
Wow, I never saw these. Thanks for posting!