Northern Berkshire County Cemeteries

Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, MA

Cemeteries are one of my favorite photographic subjects.  On a visit with our older son's family in Williamstown, Massachusetts, last May, I had some time to photograph five cemeteries in northern Berkshire County.

Three of them were new to me:  Burnett Cemetery, a small family cemetery deep in the woods a few miles outside of Florida, MA; the Florida Baptist Church Cemetery; and the Williams College Cemetery on the campus in Williamstown.

Two were cemeteries I had photographed on a previous visit:  Hillside Cemetery in North Adams, MA, and Westview Cemetery in Williamstown.  You can read about my earlier visit to these cemeteries by clicking here.

Here are some images from each.

BURNETT CEMETERY

FLORIDA BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

The church cemetery had one unique grave marker:

The flag inside the meter says "Time Expired."  Clearly someone had a great sense of humor.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE CEMETERY

This cemetery is located on the north edge of the Williams College campus, and hosts graves of many college professors.

Here, too, are a few unexpected items:

Busts of Shakespeare and Ho Chi Minh
and a (campaign?) button for Marchetti

Greeting on the back side of a grave stone

Hillside Cemetery, in North Adams, and Westview Cemetery in Williamstown, were the largest and, to me, the most visually interesting ones.

HILLSIDE CEMETERY

This one always reminds me of my brother, Rand, who died in 2021.  It's not his grave, but the name is the same.

WESTVIEW CEMETERY

Cemeteries are full of "teacups" -- stationary subjects that can be photographed from many different points of view.  Here is a group of tombstones I worked as a "teacup."

BLACK & WHITE

In three of the cemeteries, I found subjects that worked well in black and white.

Burnett Cemetery

Hillside Cemetery

Westview Cemetery

Westview Cemetery

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Enjoy!