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Our faces best distinguish us. The specific patterning of facial features-eyes, nose, bone structure, cheeks and mouth-are used to identify and classify individuals. The face can even reveal a person’s social status. Society often uses things such as race, age and gender revealed in the human face to reveal social information and delineate rank. As a society we frequently forget that we are looking at and judging a fellow human being.
This is a photographic study of the human face and the emotions it can evoke. These portraits depict twenty different people who share the common thread of being a Christian clergy member. Society, in general, has mixed feelings in regard to religious leaders. The construction and framing of each image force the viewer to focus on the person as an individual rather than on their position in society. Posing took a backseat and each subject was asked to look directly into the camera lens. This allowed their facial features and emotions to come to the forefront in each photograph, creating an intimate interaction with the viewer.
Reverend Tom Shelly
Senior Pastor
2012
Father Enrique Salazar
Parochial Vicar
2011
Brother John of the Cross
Friar
2011
The Very Reverend Father Truitt
Dean and Rector
2012
Reverend Cindy Bates
Senior Associate Pastor
2011
Dr. Gary W. Bowser
Senior Minister
2011
Reverend John A. Mangels
Right Reverend Monsignor, Pastor
2012
Dr. Mike Anderson
Marriage & Dedication, Pastor
2012
Gary L. Sokol
Director of City Ministry, Pastor
2011
Carson Miles
Care Ministry, Pastor
2012
Sharon Beekmann
EPC Ordained Minister
2011
Dr. Ramona Spilman
Pastor
2011
Dave Meserve
Executive Director, Pastor
2011
Dr. Barry David
Pastor
2012
Reverend Bradley Laurvick
Associate Minister
2012
Reverend Paul J. Kotte
Senior Pastor
2011
Byron Johns
Executive Pastor
2012
Guy Geoly
American Baptist Minister
2011