Gardens of Remembrance – Tome 1

Origins, burial culture, and the foundations of remembrance

Tome I marks the beginning of the Gardens of Remembrance journey. It introduces the visual language, thematic concerns, and historical framework that underpin the entire trilogy.

Photographed across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, this first volume focuses on cemeteries dating from approximately the late 18th to early 20th century. These sites represent a period when burial grounds were designed as places of permanence, symbolism, and carefully structured remembrance.

Alongside the photographic chapters, Tome I includes the first part of A Grave History — an accessible introduction to Western European burial culture. This section outlines how religious belief, social hierarchy, artistic movements, and urban development shaped the cemeteries we now encounter in decline.

Informative texts on funerary symbolism are interwoven throughout the book, offering insight into recurring motifs such as angels, urns, obelisks, mourning figures, and vegetal imagery.

Tome I establishes the question at the heart of the trilogy:
how did these once-sacred spaces come to be forgotten?

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“The graveyards featured in Gardens of Remembrance offer a sense of timeless tranquility, their weathered gravestones and crumbling monuments bearing witness to human existence. The interplay of light and shadow, captured masterfully in black and white by the artist, creates a dramatic and evocative atmosphere.”

— Grimur

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  • 2 magnificent works. We immerse ourselves with pleasure in these places filled with memories in memory of the dead. The format and printing are neat.

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Black hardcover book titled 'Gardens of Remembrance' with an image of a deceased person's face in an artistic style on the cover
Open black hardcover book titled 'Gardens of Remembrance' with a textured stone face engraving on the cover, placed on a white surface.
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Open book with a quote on the left page and a black-and-white photograph of a graveyard with tombstones and trees on the right page.
A display of numerous skulls on a stone altar with signs in French and religious symbols, in a dark setting.
Open book with quote on the left page and black and white photograph of a weathered memorial plaque with a skull and crossbones on the right page.