"The teaching of Father Seraphim Rose about the patristic view of the creation of the world and its impact to the life of the modern man and Christian is the subject of this part of interview to Pemptousia, given by father Damascene, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska in California." Part 1 …
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A Theology of Photography, Part 2 [Updated]
A commenter on the North American Thebaid Facebook Page had this to say concerning my recent blog post, 'Pursuing the Light' - A Theology of Photography: There is no theology of photography. So we work with light? duh. All visual art works with light. So what? Photography is just a tool we use to say what we …
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‘Pursuing the Light’ – A Theology of Photography
In talking and sharing about the North American Thebaid Project, I feel compelled to try to describe both what it is, and what it is not. Much of this description revolves around the type of photography I seek to apply to the project. Often I find it much easier to say "what it is not." My "apophatic" …
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Living in the Real World
by Fr. Stephen Freeman, Glory to God for All Things, November 24, 2015 Nothing exists in general. If something is beautiful or good, it is manifest in a particular way at a particular time such that we can know it. And this is our true life. A life lived in a “generalized” manner is no …
What is Photography?
A Theology of Photography When it comes to landscape photography, there is perhaps no one better known to the general public than Ansel Adams, and I gladly list him as a primary inspiration of mine. But in addition to Adams, I would like to mention two other photographers who have greatly impacted my work and approach to …
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