We had a tough time this fall in the Languedoc region of France. Many of the churches were closed and locked, while every day was sunny but subject to the relentless “Transmontana” winds that sweep across the southern plains. The Transmontana is created by the difference of pressure between the cold air of a high […]
The pilgrimage church of Conques is nestled in a small village in the hills of Aveyron. We’ve shot there before, but this time our two days revealed the church in all of its spectacular glory. So this is just a photographic post – four early evening shots that give a sense of the scale and […]
Sending stone soaring to the heavens: the photography of Via Lucis « ARTstor Blog.
PJ and I are preparing for our next trip to France to shoot the churches. We just finished prepping the electronic gear (computers, hard drives, cables, IPads, etc.). The cameras have been sent to Canon Professional Services for routine maintenance, lenses are ready. Last year we did a post on Our Procedures in France – […]
Basilique Sainte Foy, Conques (Aveyron) | Via Lucis Photography. This is a detail of the superb tympanum on the west facade of the Basilique Sainte Foy in Conques. The post from Sunday was about this church. One of the arresting details is the remnant of the ploychrome in the image. One gets a sense of […]
This is a photo of the magnificent pilgrimage basilica of Conques in the middle of the Aveyron, taken on the day of the festival of Sainte Foy. We happened into the town on October 5, the day before the feast day and discovered that our hotel reservation had been mislaid. The town was full of […]
While visiting dear friends in the Berkshires, PJ and I had the opportunity to see the lovely Saint Ann Catholic Church in Lenox, Massachusetts. We started off the weekend with “The Mystery of Irma Vepp” at Shakespeare & Company. The production was directed by our friend Kevin Coleman and was a complete hoot, faithful to […]
Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontenay, Fontenay (Côte-d’Or) | Via Lucis Photography. At the beautiful Cistercian abbey of Fontenay, it is possible to see the austere perfection that embodied the reform monastic views of Bernard of Clairvaux. No carved capitals or elegant embellishments distract the eye – nothing but the purity of an aesthetic motivated by […]
My favorite place in the world is on a small tributary of the river Dordogne near the town of Lacave, about ten miles from the great pilgrimage site of Rocamadour. It is the hotel Le Pont de l’Ouysse, which I have been visiting since 1986. It is my omphalos, the navel of my world, where […]
Here are two shots taken in historic Concord, Massachusetts. This is the Trinitarian Congregational Church, one of several beautiful churches in the immediate downtown area of Concord. This was the first chance I had to try out the new Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5 L II tilt-shift lens. Unfortunately, it was only 10 degrees and my […]
