Monday, June 29, 2009

Mt. Moriah


A film negative really does posses magic. It can fill you with all sorts of doubt. Then it rewards your diligence and renews your faith in the original form. For a moment, this shoot with the righteous Mt. Moriah was unusually tense as the wayward leaning church pictured in the background sounded like it was going to collapse with all of us inside of it. I thought of photographer Richard Nickle and the moment before the Chicago Stock Exchange came crashing down upon him.

I found the stacks of simple river stones used to support the church fascinating. Surely they would not forsake us; though I did refrain from any outward expressions of blasphemy just to be sure.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mmmm, Hasselblad.

-Dan C.

jeyhoun said...

beautiful frame derek.