Jesus Lives Here and Here and Here … and Here  

(A Study on Southern Appalachian Churches)

In October 2022 and in March 2024 I went to visit family in the U.S.  Even though I had no photo-project planned on my first trip, it became quickly apparent that I would take pictures of churches. There were just so many of them, such a wide variety of styles, both architectural and spiritual.

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detour film: shipping (2024)

“shipping” is – after “wrapping” – the 2nd film accompanying the Church photo series.
while the photo series deals with rural churches, it’s architecture and placement in the landscape, the films deal with christian faith in the United States. they represent a random, subjective view on how faith is lived and perceived, rather than trying to give an accurate overview on anything called Christian religious practice in America

-> Contact me for a link to see the film.

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back to photography:

Having been working on 3D-photography, it was clear that this would be a 3D project. I have put a lot of thought into 3D. I realized early on that colors are an obstacle to a 3D picture, simply because if you don’t have cyan-red-3D glasses at hand, it looks like a mess. so I started taking b/w-pictures, which I like better anyway. 

One of my main objectives is always to have a good picture that works without any additional information or tool. Just looking at it should be enough. So the next thing I thought to be of importance was: red and cyan in the picture should become graphical elements if possible. Plus the main object should be the focus of the picture, meaning: having the least or no amount of cyan and red.

There was still another idea I had. I was asking myself: What if I take a vertical and a horizontal picture for the 3D composition. It makes a cross, which is perfect for the project? But it’s interesting in a different way too. You get the center of the picture in 3D, whereas the outer parts remain 2D. Thus I incorporated a really interesting aspect of space into the picture, something to wonder, while looking at the photo through cyan-red-glasses.