Pere Lachaise, Paris.

An unusual Buddhist memorial from Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris. It has ‘faces’ on all four sides.

Pere Lachaise, Paris.

One of my favourite monuments from Pere Lachaise cemetery, a woman mourning outside a tomb.

Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

One of the many holocaust memorials in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise.

Oscar Wilde, 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900, Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris. The art deco style monument is covered in lipstick kisses!

Jean Carries, Pere Lachaise

Jean Carries, Pere Lachaise. A very unusual monument depicting the sculptor and a miniature. Carries was placed in an orphanage age 6 and began working in a sculptor’s studio creating religious images by the age of 13. He was given probationary status the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1874, but failed to pass the admittance test because of poor attendance. However, Carries first exhibited at the Salon a year later and his sculpture was very well received. He worked mostly in bronze and produced historical representations and portraits. Carries moved to the Loire Valley in 1889 and devoted himself to ceramics.

Pere Lachaise Paris.

A wonderfully moving monument from Pere Lachaise Paris.

Skeleton, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Bronze skeleton, one of the many holocaust memorials in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.