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The following photos are a study into light and the effect it has to the interior of religious buildings. As light is the core symbol of belief for Christianity, the sequence of photos aims to exemplify the different way we introduce light into our churches. It has been chosen to overlay the photographs to further enhance the ‘mood and moment’ that light creates within the buildings. Overlays have also been used to experiment with light to create a depth that is reflective of the mood within the churches yet is created in an abstract manor.

Window

The above image is an overlay of windows photographed in all churches that I visited. This image shows the depth of light, the effect of different types of lights and creates a feeling that replicates the feelings felt within the churches, that of ambience, beauty and superiority of the building.

The above two images are overlays of windows found in Old Saint Pauls. The images try to reflectupon the intimate relatioship that light has with this building.

This image is a compilation of all the buildings studied. I have taken aspects of lighting from all churches studied and compilied them to make an image that is reflective of all buildings but individual as a whole. 

This is an experimetal image with all images of the front and rear of the nave overlayed to reflect the effect of the different lighting for each building. The image shows relationship between the spaces but is to busy and results in quite a flat looking image.

St Mary of Angles Cathedral

The above image is an overlay of the front and rear of the nave of the church.

Contact Sheet

St Mary of Angles is a Catholic church located on Bolcott Street Wellington. This 1920 church is the first occasion of the ferro-concrete used for a church of gothic design. The building  is designed under the Gothic of French influence. Windows are abundant in the church with windows lining the head, foot and sides of the nave, aisles and transepts. To compare this building with Old Saint Pauls and St Peters is quite interesting as the high pitched Ceilings (due to the concrete structure) allow for a flood of light into the nave compared to the more intimate lighting seen in the other churches.

Old Saint Pauls

Overlay of nave, front and Back

This Cathedral is one of New Zealands most pure forms of gothis revival to date. The timber structure shows New Zealands vernacular materials used to replicate the movement of the time, Gothic revival. This church and has a intimate relationship with light as the dark timber creates a strong contrast with the large stainglass windows. This building is known as a building with an uplifting nature, I feel that the windows have a huge contribution to this judgement.

St Johns

Overlay of front and rear of nave

           

Contact Sheet

St Peter's Cathedral is a small anglican church located on the corner of Willis Street and Ghuznee street. The lighting in this 1848 timber church is considerably affected by the large concrete buildings that surround it. Due to this, additional windows have been added onto the western wall to alow for sufficient natural light. Majority of the windows are large gothic pointed arch windows decorated in stain glass. Although this typical New Zealand church has lost some of it's natural beauty due to surroundings, light is still very much a crucial part of the design for this building

Precedent two

http://zfein.blogspot.com/2009/08/detroit-ii-architecture.htmlhttp://zfein.blogspot.com/2

This image shows the impressiveness of church photography and how crucial it is in creating successful architecture

Precedent one

/www.bloodyloud.com/category/ photographer: Matthias Haker
These images are of churches within the Detriot ruins. Even though the buildings are in ruins, the architectural importance of light is still visable. With windows lining the walls and the way Matthias Haker has photographer the spaces amplifies the effect of light and its importance for the space.

Precedent Four

Grundtvig's Church - Photography

The two above images again accentuate the importance of light in a building. The above building is a gothic style church and the below a church that follows a moderist style. The light amplifies the structure and detailing of these buildings and without the presence of light these buildings would be considerably less impressive. The use of light in these two images also creates  feeling to the interior that is so important to religious buildings.     

This image is a modern adaptation of a docccumentation sheet from the victorian times. The old victorian doccumentation sheets were ofter printed in magazines and books that doccumented knowledge of a specific thing. This method was due to the technological movements of the times and it meant that information was becoming more accessable (you no longer had to visit places to find out about them). Another advantage of these doccumentation sheets was that the content could be easily noted and compared against other images found on the doccumentation sheet. The above doccumentation sheet allows for the viewer to easily compare between the different responces caught at different stages of time.

Final images

Taste- citric acid

Taste - sour creme (past its used by date)

Taste - Lemon juice

Sound - Ballon

Smell- hand covered in off sour creme

Touch - cold water

Touch - paint on face

contact sheets

 Capturing a moment of something that is often hard to percieve from the naked eye is, as I believe the most effiective way of capturing time (as mentioned in artist models below). In this shoot I have decided to focus on human reaction to the senses. Shocking the senses is often makes us respond in an abrupt form. The shoot above takes stills of this and focuses on trying to capture the most responsive form of reaction.