an afternoon documenting the "architects" cemetery of graceland cemetery

while cataloging my photographic archive from 2017 i ran across a folder containing hundreds of images taken at graceland cemetery on a dreary afternoon with john vinci as my "guide." i learned a great deal while we wandered the cemetery including several engaging stories about dead architects he once worked with or in some cases, desgined their grave markers (e.g., arthur siegel, richard nickel, etc.). 

i edited some (shown below), but clearly got distracted and never completed editing images taken that afternoon. when time permits, i hope to have a more thorough photographic survey of the markers we visited. i have several images of bruce goff's grave -  a personal favorite - but need to make time to edit those images and many more. in the meantime, the gallery below provide a "snapshot" of what i've completed thus far, including several images taken of louis h. sullivan's carved bedford limestone getty tomb. 

getty tomb, adler and sullivan, 1890:

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