ODE TO A CEMETERY: a meditative journey through Historic Green-Wood Cemetery

Help Flow Chart celebrate the publication of a spectacular collaboration: Ode to a Cemetery: a meditative journey through Historic Green-Wood Cemetery (November 2024, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, Germany).

Join us for a unique online experience as photographer/filmmaker Bethany Eden Jacobson and poet Cole Swensen share and discuss their gorgeously evocative hybrid book project combining photography, original artworks, and poetry.

Green-Wood, founded in 1838, was a leader in the Rural Cemetery movement in America. Its 468 acres encompass magnificent grounds, grand architecture, and world-class statuary. Throughout four seasons, Jacobson’s book presents the spirit of this verdant, history-drenched pastoral cemetery.

Bethany Eden Jacobson captures the landscaped beauty of Green-Wood Cemetery in her color and black-and-white photographs of century-old trees, wonderful vistas, and time-worn statuary. Her cinematic approach is a visual meditation on the transience of life and the importance of nature to the human spirit. The book also includes reproductions of her unique artworks on handmade paper inspired by the female Victorian statuary. Throughout the book, Cole Swensen’s poetic words reflect on the imagery creating a lyrical interplay between image and text.

The artists will share images from the book along with a reading of the texts, combined with a conversation about the speical allure of Green-Wood Cemetery and working together on the project.

Order the book here or ask for it at your local bookseller.