Oakland Cemetery

I photographed the Sunday in the Park festival at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta on October 2, 2011. The Victorian festival featured live music, food, children’s activities, demonstrations and tours of the historic cemetery. These are my favorite images from the day.

Visitors walk through Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Marian Sanderson sits on one of the tombstones at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Susan Ferguson gives a tour of Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Sarah Payne leaps into the air during a performance by members of the King O'Sullivan School of Irish Dance during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

Sarah Payne, left and Mary Katherine and Kyla Hill, members of the King O'Sullivan School of Irish Dance, perform during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

Tobias Bryles jumps up to pop bubbles during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

George Hartley and April Cobb walk through Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Kathryn von Grey performs with her sisters during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

James Atkins listens to von Grey perform during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

Jacob Johnson runs amongst the tombstones at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Marian Sanderson sits on one of the tombstones at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Pat Kerner and Randy Taylor pack up their picnic basket after eating lunch amongst the tombstones at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

One of the numerous tombstones in Oakland Cemetery overlooking the Atlanta skyline on Sunday, October 2, 2011.

 

Lexi Bennett and her grandfather William look at the inside of one of the mausoleums at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

The inside of the Maddox mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery on Sunday, October 2, 2011.

 

Bob Seymour performs as a statue during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

Melody Moezzi lays on Matt Lenard in Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Oakland Cemetery

 

Adele Ward, a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the International Old Lacers, demonstrates her craft at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Adele Ward, a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the International Old Lacers, demonstrates her craft at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Stormy Piazza walks arm-in-arm with her husband Jim during Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery on October 2, 2011.

 

A member of Bone-a-fide Slides plays the trombone outside of the Coker mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.

 

Miriam Strickland and her brother Desmond walk through Oakland Cemetery during Sunday in the Park on October 2, 2011.