A few days ago I decided to visit Highgate Cemetery. It had been a glorious day and parts of the cemetery were still illuminated by the late afternoon sun.
Here are some of the photographs I took at the East Cemetery:
I like the way the ivy encircled this sunlit stone figure and the fusion of nature and sculpture:
A noseless, winged angel …
I particularly like this angel and the pretty pastel background:
Side view of an angel with sunlit belly:
Crucifix with angel and ivy:
The next few images all feature crucifixes decorated with floral motifs:
This rose-adorned crucifix also has ivy growing on it:
More nature at Highgate Cemetery – sunlit red berries:
Stone memorial wrapped in ivy accompanied by single rose:
Detail of the towering bronze head of Karl Marx, who is buried at the East Cemetery:
