Author Bio
Over the past decade Jane Hopkins has photographed over 300 cemeteries in the eastern US and Canada. She finds cemeteries a treasure trove of art created from stone by the carver's tools. These are sacred places representing the essence of someone's life on earth and the loving memories of those left behind.
Hopkins’ educational background includes degrees in Psychology and Social Work, augmented by several years of coursework in digital photography at Rochester Institute of Technology. Her fine art photographs have been exhibited and sold since 2002 at venues such as Art at the Gardens (Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY), Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Fingerlakes Exhibition and Clothesline Festival (Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY), the Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology, Palm Beach Photographic Center, and Rochester's Image City Photography Gallery.
She is a member of the Friends of Mt. Hope (Cemetery), the Association of Gravestone Studies, and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.