Spring 2009 photo contest winner - Paola Pedraza-Rivera
In Spring 2009, Paola Pedraza-Rivera was part of an honors cemetery demography research group that recorded data from the tombstones at Cumberland Cemetery. Congratulations to sophomore Paola for her winning entry!
Competing Forces, Creative Tensions
I took this picture during one of my excursions to Cumberland Cemetery. To me, this represents the Competing Forces, Creative Tensions honors theme because it shows two different ways of remembering the loved ones that have passed away. We have the normal way, creating a tombstone and putting their name on it. However, you also have the colorful toys in front of it. By using this unusual decoration the person who put it there is remembering the people as an individuals not as one more name on a tombstone.
- Paola Pedraza-Rivera
Competing Forces, Creative Tensions
I took this picture during one of my excursions to Cumberland Cemetery. To me, this represents the Competing Forces, Creative Tensions honors theme because it shows two different ways of remembering the loved ones that have passed away. We have the normal way, creating a tombstone and putting their name on it. However, you also have the colorful toys in front of it. By using this unusual decoration the person who put it there is remembering the people as an individuals not as one more name on a tombstone.
- Paola Pedraza-Rivera
