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Bid to win this wonderful autographed copy of The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs From Cleveland's Historic Landmark, by local author/photographer duo Laura and Barney Taxel, AND a signed 8x10 fine art photographic print of an image from the book.

The Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869, was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian England and France. Over 107,000 individuals are interred on the sprawling 285-acre expanse located 4.5 miles from Cleveland's Public Square. According to an 1870 Plain Dealer report, the cemetery was designed to combine all the attractive features that "nature and true art can produce" to harmonize nature's alphabet-"stone, earth, wood and water." The landscape was laid out with broad avenues and shady walks "near the fountains in view of many a rustic pile [edifice] and quiet grave and stately monument." The cemetery became the burial place for many of Cleveland's prominent citizens including James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, and J. H. Wade. Cleveland photographer Barney Taxel has spent over a decade, during all seasons, exploring the stunning landmark. The culmination of the personal project is this collection of over two hundred of his creations that reveal the spirit and essence of the Lake View Cemetery.

Laura Taxel has been writing about food and the people who prepare it for most of her professional life. She still finds it hard to believe she gets paid to eat. Her award wining articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers around the country and were selected for Best Food Writing, a national anthology published annually, four times, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2014. Cleveland Ethnic Eats, her guide to northeast Ohio's authentic ethnic restaurants, bakeries, butchers and grocery stores, first released in 1995, updated and reissued six times and now out of print, was a local bestseller for years.

Barney Taxel has had a 37-year career as a studio and location photographer working with agencies, graphic designers, publishers, corporations, manufacturers, institutions, architects and interior designers in the creation of photographs for annual reports, advertising, catalogs, packaging, book illustrations, magazines, newspapers, and websites.
Faculty, Art Studio/ Creative Photography, Case Western Reserve University, 1973-1985
Faculty, Art Studio/ Creative Digital Photography, Case Western Reserve University, 2010 to present

Other book credits include:

• Blue Ribbon Breads
• The Count Out Cholesterol Book
• Cleveland: Continuing the Renaissance
• Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
• The Top 100 International Coffee Recipes
• The Top 100 International Tea Recipes
• Webster's New World Children's Dictionary
• Cleveland's West Side Market: 100 Years and Still Cooking

Item Special Note

Item must be picked up in Cleveland Heights or shipped at the winning bidder's expense.