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Scanned from Fuji NPH400
(shot at ISO-200 and expired from Jul-2003)
Chicago, IL
November 2020
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From our fall ride a week ago.
In 1885 Bohemian immigrants founded Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church, named for the patron saint of Czechoslovakia. The settlers, most of whom emigrated from Prague, named their community Praga. This Gothic Revival church was built as a frame structure in 1890; the steeple and bell were added in 1893. In 1926 the church was clad in fieldstone. The altar and some statues date from 1894. Since its founding, Saint John Church has been served by neighboring priests.
South east of East Jordan, MI.
This was the first Catholic Church in the Northern Neck of Virginia. It was dedicated in 1885 as St Francis Catholic Chapel and is located in Kilmarnock, VA. Until 1915 priests came by steamship from Fredericksburg down the Rappahannock River because the congregation was not large enough for a full time priest. A new brick church was dedicated as St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in 1956 (picture in first comment). In the 1980’s this old church was restored and named Palmer Hall after John Palmer who donated the land.
The Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption sits atop a hill on the corner of Geary Blvd and Gough St now called Cathedral Hill. It is the city’s third Catholic cathedral. The first, now called Old St Mary’s, was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and is now a parish church at the entrance to Chinatown on California St and Grant Ave. The second cathedral, built in 1891 on the corner of Van Ness Ave and O’Farrell St, burnt down in 1962. The present cathedral, which everyone calls St. Mary’s, was completed in 1971 but it took another 25 years to complete the acquisition of the artwork, most of which comes from Italy.
Finally managed to get into this part of the red zone to get a few shots of the Catholic cathedral. This damage was done mainly in the 6.3 quake on Feb 22nd... more damage has apparently occured in the latest 6.3 as well but this was shot a few days before that happened.
The two front towers have collapsed and gone and that front wall on the left is held up by a bit of kiwi inginuity - shipping containers and hay bales.
To the right of the shot out of frame there is a carpark full of blocks and stone from the collapsed cathedral each layed out seperately and numbered - there being saved to possibly rebuild in the exact way once the quakes finally stop.... if they ever do... (they are doing the same to the Anglican cathedral in Christchurch's Center
The latest Quake has damaged it a lot more and it might now be never rebuilt, on this ground anyway....
Just as an interesting fact. The still standing tower at the back had a statue of the virgin mary facing inwards in the front window, during the feb 22nd quake the statue turned an exact 180degrees to face outwards - looking through the window - without falling over or being damaged.
The road im standing on - Barbadoes St - has been identified as having a Fault Line directly underneath - previously unknown. There are now 3 Major active faults under Christchurch.....
This is a 3 exposure handheld hdr processed in photomatix
Cheers for looking, ive got a few more of this from different angles ill post up
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Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, located at 812 Poplar Street in Macon, Georgia, was listed on the NRHP on July 14, 1971. The church is located in the middle of Downtown Macon and takes up one block. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah. The towers are the tallest twin towers in Macon, and the 3rd tallest building in Macon, at 200 feet to the tip.
On the occassion of the homecoming of the image of the Stmo. Nombre del Nino Jesus after a 2 month pilgrimage ending as the Ayala, Alabang Residence of Sapian Mayor Arturo Orosco, Philippines
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church has the dubious distinction of being situated on a site which was once a brothel and a music hall owned by one of Casanova's mistresses. It was initially a spiritual home for the Irish community in London, having been one of the first Catholic buildings established in Britain after the Protestant Reformation, but today also functions as the centre of the parish's volunteer work with the poor, sick and homeless in Soho, as well as delivering services in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Cantonese. It's also a stunning example of Italianate architecture in London, but somehow its multifaceted history -- and the fact that it's so peaceful despite being only minutes from Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden -- made it even more fascinating to photograph.
This was my second visit to the location in the past few years and the second time I've captured the church from the entrance to its arcaded nave. I visited on a clear day when the sun was high to ensure as much as light as possible would be flooding through the windows, lighting up the barrel-vaulted ceiling and amplifying the colour along the church's gilded apse. While the church looks magnificent in any light conditions, my aim was to bring out the location's bright, clean and airy ambience, with warm light illuminating the central aisle and the pews reflecting in the Renaissance-style marble floor.
The image was very straightforward to shoot and edit, comprising a combination of several exposures blended with luminosity masks, allowing me to control the intensity of the sunlight pouring through the windows at the same time as providing the best possible finish in the shadows. I made very few changes to the colour balance but tried to bring out the vibrance of the warm light while emphasising the muted blue-ish tones along the marble floor, as well as isolating and slightly desaturating the foreground to help guide the eye towards the centre of the image.
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The Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Myeongdong, commonly known as Myeongdong Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, South Korea, located in the Myeongdong neighborhood of Jung-gu, Seoul. It is a neighborhood landmark and a symbol of Christianity in Korea and of political dissidents.
Church and Baptistery
first, the original sin must be cleared in a Baptistery...
But...I'm not religious!
The pilgrimage church of St. Marinus and Anian
is the Catholic parish church of Wilparting (municipality Irschenberg Miesbach).
Upper Bavaria, Germany
The present church, with the beautiful backdrop of one of the most famous Bavarian Mangfallgebirges photo opportunities owes its baroque exterior renovation of a late Gothic building in 1697 by Johann Mayr Elder.
Instead of the House (1643-1718).
The interior is mainly determined by Baroque style in 1759.
The core of the church is the monumental High grave of the two saints from 1778.
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George and Monica's church, across the street from where they were attending a meeting. It was about 7:00 p.m. on a cloudy evening.
My minimalist take on Catholicism
A Cross - to bear
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
This famous church and landmark in northeast Washington, D.C. is adjacent to the campus of Catholic University.
When construction began on the present Cologne Cathedral in 1248 with foundation stone, the site had already been occupied by several previous structures. The earliest may have been for grain storage, and possibly was succeeded by a Roman temple built by Mercurius Augustus. From the 4th century on, however, the site was occupied by Christian buildings, including a square edifice known as the "oldest cathedral" that was commissioned by Maternus, the first bishop of Cologne. A free-standing baptistery dating back to the 7th century was located at the east end of the present cathedral but was demolished in the 9th century to build the second cathedral. During excavations of the present cathedral, graves were discovered in the location of the oldest portion of the building; including that of a boy that was richly adorned with grave goods and another of a woman, popularly thought to be Wisigard. Both graves are thought to be from the 6th century. Only ruins of the baptistery and the octagonal baptismal font remain today.[citation needed] The second church, called the "Old Cathedral", was completed in 818. It was destroyed by fire on 30 April 1248, during demolition work to prepare for a new cathedral. Myths state that Kris Kringle [Santa Claus] would take the naughty kids to the cathedral were he would punish them severely. He would drop them off of the South Tower if they resisted. You can even visit that South Tower today when visiting Cologne, Germany.
I was travelling on a project visit from Dedza to the South. There the M 1, connecting the capital Lilongwe with the Southern Centre, Blantyre. runs along the border with Mocambique for about 50 km. The road itself lies in Malawi, but only a few Meters to the West begins Tete Province in Mocambique.
Taking this picture of the outstation of a Catholic Parish I was still standing in Malawi, while everything on the picture is already in another country.
This is the church where I was married. I was in the Army then, over 44 years ago. Both my wife and I were Catholic, so the Army gave permission to have our wedding in her church. It is still a pretty little church, 44 years later.
Im not a belever, but i can make pictures of it.
It´s just a building like most other.
Man made with walls,windows and a roof. But with a much cooler decoration and paintings. Stuffed with fools gold.
But i´m just a man on a mission to make a good photo, not to tell you what to beleve in.
The church is Háteigskirka and is located in Reykjavík Iceland.
Hope you like it
Some days ago in the wonderful monastery garden of Seligenstadt by the river Main. I struck up a conversation with a nice couple, some years older than me. Then the husband asked me if he could take a photo of me in front of this beautiful church.