W/NW: Churches

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Nikon D810 Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF ISO 180 52mm f/4.2 1/50s
 
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Mission church at Taos Pueblo
Leica 21mm
 
while documenting southern Taitung County, Taiwan, my friend, a County doctor, brought me here...a
Catholic Church in the mountain...

Jinfeng Village, Taitung County, southern Taiwan 台東県 金峰鄉

Photo by Taipei-metro

Canon EOS AF 10S,
Sigma EFS 28-105 Lens made in Japan
Fuji XTRA 400 printfilm
 
Notre Dame Cathedral, Leica 35mm Summicron, Kodak TMX, 11x14" print on Foma Variant,
(mid 1990s)IMG_2118.jpg
 
I cannot find the files themselves so I will provide links. This first shot is of the Cathedral of Chartres. It was built upon an older church. That church was built upon a Roman temple which was built upon a Druid temple. The site has been held as sacred for thousands of years. As you drive south from Paris on N20 in the late summer you drive through fields of wheat. Then you drive over a small hill and in the distance in the cathedral, seemingly levitating in the wheat fields. The illusion is created by the fact that Chartres is in a valley and the cathedral is on a hill. So only the cathedral can be seen. Now, imagine yourself as a pilgrim in the Middle Ages, trudging south on your pilgrimage to this cathedral, floating as it were in a field. Hmmm. Yes, you would be moved.



And this is inside the cathedral, considered the Parthenon of France. It is magnificent. Go. See it.




 
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