As I prepare for another round of monastery travel and photography, I thought it might be inspiring for you (as well as for me!) to revisit some of my early posts on this website, which try to sketch out the contours of "Why" I am undertaking this two-year pilgrimage, "What" it means to me, and …
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Phase II of the North American Thebaid has Officially Launched!
After our successful first season of travel and photography to several monasteries, and presentations at Orthodox parishes across five states, we're officially announcing Phase II of the North American Thebaid Photographic Pilgrimage... Phase I fundraising was a solid success. Raising 92% of our initial goal, it enabled travel and photography to begin in Summer 2016, with photographs made at …
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Blessing of Photographic Equipment
After the Divine Liturgy yesterday, Sunday, September 4, Father Steven blessed my main camera and lenses, and my car, in anticipation of the travel and photography beginning today: Several brothers and sisters from church gathered around to add their prayers, and it was quite a moving moment. Simple, brief, yet in accordance with the Church's …
Market Study confirms: The Thebaid Project is Unique (Updated)
The North American Thebaid is truly unique in the Orthodox Christian world. Market research reveals very few projects similar to this in scope or purpose, and nothing like it in North America. Most photo books on Orthodox monasticism center on exotic and legendary locales such as Mount Athos in Greece, or St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot …
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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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