In this project I am most
interested in exploring my battle with the religion I was born into. I have photographed religious symbols
that I am exposed to everyday, this symbols do not have much meaning to me, but
mean a great deal to my family. I
am interested in this subject because I have always felt like an outcast in my
religious family and do not quite understand the faith that they have. I wonder how someone can make all the
good things in the world but not the bad.
In my favorite poem “The Tyger” by William Blake, he explores this same
theme. The main question what does the
undeniable existence of evil and violence in the world tell us about the nature
of God, and what does it mean to live in a world where a being can at once
contain both beauty and horror? I
express my feelings through short statements written on select
photographs. My goal with this
work is to show others that feel a similar way that I feel that they are not
the only ones, and it is not wrong to question your faith, for I have always
felt alone and wrong with my feelings.
(here are a few images from the project)
