[Words] Another neologism ...

Photogothy (n)
The practice of taking photos of people in graveyards, draped in cobwebs, wearing lots of hairspray, or generally just the capturing of goths' images/souls on film or pixels. Viewed as tacky by some, and fun by others.

Shortly to be cross-posted to spellfecker.

[Photos/London] Goth Walk XII: London Churches, Crypts and Clerics

A couple of weeks ago, valkyriekaren and I went on one of the London Goth Meetup Group's "Goth Walks" - number twelve, a whistle-stop tour around some of London's churches, including mini-lectures on various sites on the route, a tour guide in cassock and biretta (he is actually an Anglican priest, so technically they were his work clothes, although the hat was less usual) and a borrowed key to St Mary Woolnoth, so we could see inside one of Hawksmoor's collection of barmy church designs. It was really rather interesting, and, being me, I took my camera along, resulting in a number of photos. I've split the galleries into two ... the places and the people.

The Places

( Some samples )

The People

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EDIT: In discussion with my parents this weekend, my mother said that I'd probably been to most of those churchyards when a sproglet, as churchyards are often good places to take a child to eat a packed lunch, in between museum visits. My dad then blamed her for my interest in architecture and goths. My brother didn't care for museums and churches ...