The Memento Mori Studies

by Tom Lee

pulvis et umbra sumus

we are but dust and shadow

The Cabinet

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a cabinet of curiosities

Hanbury Church

May 2026

St Mary the Virgin on the hill, fog moving across the graveyard.

half-swallowed by the hill — polaroid from Hanbury Church, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
half-swallowed by the hill
the lover's path — polaroid from Hanbury Church, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
the lover's path
outlasting the weather — polaroid from Hanbury Church, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
outlasting the weather

Malvern Flea Fair

May 2026

The biggest flea fair in the country — acres of trestle tables and the strange tide of things the past keeps spitting back up.

black-eyed and unbothered — polaroid from Malvern Flea Fair, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
black-eyed and unbothered
late for the funeral — polaroid from Malvern Flea Fair, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
late for the funeral
the family in their best — polaroid from Malvern Flea Fair, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
the family in their best
she kept the dog — polaroid from Malvern Flea Fair, May 2026 — by Tom Lee
she kept the dog