Joseph Vietti’s gravestone is probably taller than he was at the time of his death in 1897. He was, as the stone tell us, “aged 2 years, 10 mo, 13 days.” The stone is a poignant sight in this out of the way cemetery, hard by a dusty track known as “Ghostown Road.” I moved my vantage point so that life and death are juxtaposed – the stone is propped in front of a an old Saguaro cactus, and a thorny plant embraces it from the front. I abstract the image by converting it to a sepia toned black and white image, very much in the style of the time when Joseph Vietti was briefly alive. He is not forgotten – a candle in a small glass can be seen at the base of the stone, no doubt left by someone to mark the 112th anniversary of his death just the day before I made this image.