Garry Pearson has worked as a gravedigger for 21 years. He started out as a gardener and only came into grave digging by chance while helping out his boss. He says jokingly, "It sometimes feels like a dead-end job". In his free time he designs computer programmes.

London, Camberwell New Cemetery, Brenchley Gardens, 23.02.07 © Claudia Leisinger 2007