In Memoriam
Cemeteries are one of the last publicly accessible “third places” that provide a connection to our familial history; I can still remember the exact layout of the rural Michigan cemetery where my great-grandparents are buried. I’ve gotten to know these dead strangers through the careful motion of transferring their gravestones onto newsprint. In creating these rubbings, I’m hoping that this amalgamation of gravestones evokes the memory of people and places lost.