This is the main gate of the Grove Street Cemetery once on the edge of
the Campus of Yale University in New Haven, CT. Now more, and more,
surrounded by that institution. It's quite impressive built in the
Egyptian Revival Style in the 1920's which is now considered to be part
of the Art Deco style.
Inscribed over the entrance is "THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED." To which the
then President of Yale University is said to have added; "If Yale needs
the space." Which explains my title.
The Trusties of the Cemetery have a long memory, Yale has decided to
build two new Residential Colleges, (there's a long explanation, but
think expansive dormitories, plus, and you won't be far off), and the
powers at Yale suggested to the Cemetery Trustees that it would be nice
to put a second entrance on the opposite side of the Cemetery so
students could stroll through on their way to classes rather than taking
the long way around. The Trustees answer can be summarized as "We think
not."
This was going to be my entry in the Iconic Places PUG, but seeing how
much explanation was necessarily, I decided against it, after all how
Iconic could it actually be.
https://pdml.updog.co/webster26/PESO%20--%20ifyaleneedsthespace.html
Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0.
I decided to go with a period 20's look, so I used the DXO filmpack
filter to convert to B&W using a deep orange filter, and a slow film,
(25 ASA), and medium format grain, then sepia tinted the final image
which kind of brought the gate back to it's original color, well close,
the gate is made from red sandstone. I've seen that treatment done in a
lot of B&W photos of brown stone buildings from the period.
As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
Damn, that was long, if you got this far you deserve a cookie, I don't
have one for you, but you deserve one none the less.
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve
immortality through not dying.
-- Woody Allen
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