Topic: POW Week 83: Churches

Some of you may think this an odd topic for me, but but my love of Colonial American history and architecture make it an obvious choice for me.

So yeah: Churches.

Inside, outside, old, new, church, mosque, synagogue, temple, shrine, shed where the 12 residents of the town sit and pray, whatever...

Those of you with access to things like medeival abbeys, ancient ruins, spanish missions in the american southwest, or things like that should feel particularly obligated to get some good photos

And to start it off:

http://www.in-dented.com/gallery/gallery.php?node=18

Impressive selection of churches there DL.
No interior shots I notice
This is Sefton Church, I used to play around here a lot when I was a lad It was first built around 1170 and was completed in its present form in the early 1500s.

Garden Church

Church

Dead End

This is the window dedicated to Martin Luther King at his Dexter Avenue Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

(Edited by Shiiizzzam on 10-26-2005 03:26)

Click on this image to see a bunch of churches:

Couple of years ago this church was chosen as the most beutyful church in sweden...
http://galleri.olssone.com/gallery/album03/sjalevadskyrka_001

The original stone church was mostly destroyed by a cyclone (hurricane, typhoon - take ya pick) in 1975, with only the entry porch left intact.

Church 1
Church 2

A few more I've taken along the road.

church

church

(Edited by Shiiizzzam on 10-26-2005 15:47)

Shiiizzzam, I like that Garden Church photo.

And if I ever get to that Dead End intersection, I think I'll turn right!

Some nice stuff =)

Really like that garden church, shiiizzzam.

I've added some updates here -
http://www.in-dented.com/gallery/gallery.php?node=18

These are all relatively local churches - most were established in the early 1700's (at least a couple, well before) with the current buildings erected sometime between the 1830's and the 1840's.

I'll leave this going for at least a little longer - would like to see some more additions here =)

Ask and well... maybe, you receive. =)

It is most certainly church related... perhaps falling into the category of functional architectural detail.

It came my way at least 30 years ago touted as a 'pew end' from a 300 plus year old church in England... somewhere... that was somehow destroyed. One thing for certain it is old.

I can't leave the house without seeing this thing and I always wonder two things..and in this order. Who carved it. Who sat in the first seat. and what were they thinking. Or is that 3 things?

I certainly accept that it's not the type of thing most people hang on their walls... but I'm not.... =)

http://members.shaw.ca/cbck/P%20E%20W.jpg

Very cool, NoJive =)

OlssonE - why don't you head up the next topic!

I'll add an new topic this weekend.

I stayed away from this one knowing full well that you wanted architecture but now that it's over I can provide my interpretation of church?

To me the old churches made by the hands of men, while impressive and worthy of apprecaition from an artistic or engineering point of view, have absolutely nothing to do with the meaning of the Biblical word "church" which actually refers to the gathering of the body of Christ, all with different functions as different parts of a body tend to have but all part of the whole to perform the good work of Jesus here on earth and support each other (as the ankle bone's connected to the... shin_bone etc). I don't expect anyone here to follow that to the extent that I live it or have my committed passion for it, and I certainly don't want to turn this photo thread into some kind of discourse on religion, just wanted to provide some background for the photos I'm submitting for this week's assignment.

We had a "Fall Festival" as is the current fashionable silly dogma thing to do in Christian denominations as an alternative to the sometimes perceived evil of secular Halloween these days (don't ask me, I don't know). This fall festival was all about the kids havin a good time and that they did.

the whole set

One in particular kind of sums up "church" for me

You've got the building on the left, the cars/people coming and going on the right bottom, and the heaven full of hope over it all. That was an absolutely beautiful night in every regard =)

A concept which I do understand very well, JK. You are right in that the architecture was my main intent, but these topics are always subjective and open to whatever interpretation or meaning the photographer wishes - should never hold back your photos because of such a thing =)

beautiful children there. not sure what's up with the funny lookin' old guy though

I've begun leaving the default naming for all the photo files that come out of may camera after I realized so much of what I shot need to be in a chronological order anyway. With that set posted you can kinda see the progression of thoughts I was having anyhow, kinda interesting the way that order enhances the memories on a different level.

The one with the funny lookin old dude is obviously when I began realizing this was anarchy and began trying to capture the motion around me, the next three after that are 3 out of maybe 10 or so that ended up serviceable, at least conveying what I wanted, the other 7 or so were utter crap.

I started by doing long exposures but that was washed out in light of course, then I figured out I could monkey with the fstop to counteract that, something I've known but never seem to remember right off the bat.

I definitely would not mind anyone's tips on capturing motion if they're inclined to give them

And why does grass that is yellowish brownish green at best always look spectacularly and consistently green in overexposed nighttime shots?!

Added three more NYC churches:

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briggl said:Added three more NYC churches:

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Brg, myself never been to NY, is that an old pic of the church that was destoyed during the TT collapse?

If so, then did they re-build it?

Just asking.

The church (St. Paul's) is located next to the WTC site, and a lot of debris fell on the churchyard, but the church was not destroyed. The same is true of many buildings around the WTC site, including the Millenium Hilton where I stayed Saturday night. The people cleaning up the site used St. Paul's as a staging/rest area during the cleanup. There is a display inside there now about all of that. I took that photo in June of 2004.

This photo of St. Paul's (click on it) was taken in January, 2002, while cleanup was still going on:



St. Paul's Chapel is Manhattan's oldest public building in continuous use. George Washington worshipped there when he was in NY.

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briggl said:The church (St. Paul's) is located next to the WTC site, and a lot of debris fell on the churchyard, but the church was not destroyed. The same is true of many buildings around the WTC site,
including the Millenium Hilton where I stayed Saturday night. The people cleaning up the site used St. Paul's as a staging/rest area during the cleanup. There is a display inside there now about all of that. I took that photo in June of 2004. This photo of St. Paul's (click on it) was taken in January, 2002, while cleanup was still going on:

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I thought I had seen that image before. Tanks 4 that.

You're welcome.

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Added three more NYC churches:

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that's an awesome building, I feel like such a bumpkin, I need to visit New Yawk (<spotted one of your photo subjects)

JK, that's a great image; is it an aerial photo run or higher up?
(The image frame looks like an aerial run)

no idea, I snatched it from Somewhere on the WWW, I was thiknig the frame looked like something standard you might find on a camera mounted to the bottom of a helicopter or somesuch. It's hella resolution, that one may be reduced in size from the original if I recall

This shows the location of St. Paul's church and the Millenium Hilton hotel next to the WTC site. (click on it to see it larger)(thanks for the image JK)

sho nuff! thanks for the pointer, I looked and looked but never saw that one. I did see the one directly down the street to the "left" a ways.

and I'll pass your thanks along to the person I stole it from

That should be Trinity Church which I also have a photo of in the POW entry.

More photos added, from Kansas.

Saint Mary's Academy and College Chapel

This seems kind of odd...

The Beecher Bible and Rifle Church

Heh - very nice....bible and rifle...

So any idea why St. Mary's is in ruins?

It's in the fourth photo...

he doesn't like words and stuff

who raised this boy?!

That's just a *wee* bit small for readin there fellas....

click on it

Fire in 1978

I had clicked on it several times. I didn't seem to catch the word fire in your title, however, and thought you were both suggesting that I read the text within the picture (which wasn't happenin, except for a couple of vague healines)

Sorry, I can send you the original photo which is readable if you're interested. (The one you clicked on, you should be able to read the headline which says "Historic College Chapel Burns" and is dated 1978.)

Some links

Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony

The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona.

Who in the hell thought that it was a good idea to put this big ugly block of concrete in the middle of all this beauty???

Click on it to see more, larger images.



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Looks OK front on but I certainly echo your sentiment when ya look at it side on.

Seems a bit weird to have a church that's closed on Good Friday, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas; I thought that those were the big ticket days?

They do not have services there, it is just for tourists - they do have a box you can put donations into. They have guys directing traffic in the top parking area, so I guess these guys don't want to work on those holidays.

Photos of Ethiopia from USA Today

I saw this along the highway in Effingham, IL. So I had to get off the highway and find a better view of it.





(Edited by briggl on 05-16-2006 02:31)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Temple near Washington, DC



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Two views of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC





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One of my fav churches in Paris ( and no I do not want to correct the perspective on this one)

an update to the now defunct link above:
http://www.in-dented.net/gallery/gallery.php?node=18

Does a temple qualify? Temple of Saturn.

The Temple of Saturn at night...