Photos 11 Oct 2009 08:09 am
Madonnas
- Maspeth is a small, industrial part of Queens. The neighborhood is semi-suburban with a lot of row houses and small front lawns/gardens. There’s a large catholic contingency within the area, and, consequently, the statuary on the lawns tends to offer more than lawn-jockeys; the lawn-madonna is also a staple.
Steve Fisher lives in Maspeth, and has captured a number of these Madonnas on film. Here are some of his collection.
Here’s the standard for local lawn-Madonnas.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
Sometimes they have to be wrapped in Saran Wrap to
protect them from the crazy weather we’ve had lately.
Here, the Madonna becomes Our Lady of Fatima when
two small children-statues are placed kneeling in front of her.
Of course, the lawn-jockey was also one of the witnesses at Fatima.
It’s rare to see Joseph be honored with his own lawn statue.
Fortunately, he’s protected.
The entire holy family gathers with a different
kind of security protection.
Perhaps the protection can get outa hand.
I’m not sure the chef-pig offers any protection at all.
Perhaps the Madonna-in-the-shadow is protecting him.
We all know that it’s hard to keep the flamingoes from
gathering around the Madonna when they see her.
Naturally Christmas brings more, different, surrounding statuary.
This is a fully grown Jesus (with sacred heart exposed) for Christmas.
Mary naturally would be surrounded by a
deformed Santa and a wierd football player.
The one Wise King stands alone.
I take that back, he stands with a ghostbuster.
And, of course, just in time for Halloween,
the Madonna meets varied spooks and goblins.
Thanks, again, to Steve Fisher for his great pictures.
on 11 Oct 2009 at 8:42 am 1.steve said …
Film? What’s film? I’m afraid I’ve become a victim of the digital age. Thanks for showcasing my photos. I hope I haven’t offended anyone should some be viewed as blasphemous.