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"This Place of Silence: Ohio’s Cemeteries & Burial Grounds"

with author and photographer Ian Adams

The photographer will share the magnificent grace and history of Ohio’s cemeteries.

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This Place of Silence: Ohio’s Cemeteries & Burial Grounds is a photographic portrait of Ohio’s cemeteries and burial grounds by Ohio photographers Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber, with text and photo captions by Robin L. Smith.

The book features 250 photographs from more than 100 cemeteries in all 88 Ohio counties and highlights the charming chapels, magnificent mausoleums and monuments, stately statues, graceful gravestones and rich history of Ohio’s cemeteries.

Chapters cover Native American and early burial grounds; the evolution of cemeteries; architecture, statuary and symbolism; the natural environment; military and institutional cemeteries; and distinctive traditions and distinctive places.

Presenter Ian Adams is an environmental photographer, writer and educator specializing in Ohio's natural, rural, historical and garden areas. Books featuring his color photography are available from CCPL. He has also produced more than 65 Ohio calendars and conducted more 200 seminars and workshops in nature, garden and digital photography throughout North America.

Book signing and sales following the event.